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sterility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | infertility |
| Type of | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state |
| Has types | barrenness, impotency, cacogenesis, dysgenesis, impotence |
| Derivation | sterile |
sterility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antisepsis, asepsis, sterileness |
| Type of | sanitariness |
| Derivation | sterile |
Examples of sterility
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Along with partial sterility, pasteurized products have a much longer shelf life.
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Reitman shows us the sterility of this rootless life and a hint of its romance.
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In plants, for instance, it can affect flowering and sometimes cause sterility.
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The background tones and white light accentuate the sterility of the authorities.
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Breeders can now easily match sterility in plants to male restorer mechanisms.
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Wu speculated that hybrid male sterility must be an early indicator of speciation.
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Were the repeated doses of the red drops meant to induce sterility in Muslims?
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He cites the fact that high fever sometimes causes temporary human sterility.
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The same gene was found to be involved in both the male and female sterility.
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- Asepsis: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
- The state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
- (sterile) incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"
- (sterile) aseptic: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"
- (sterile) deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
- (sterile) unable to reproduce (or procreate); unprofitable; germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms
- (Sterile) The absence of all living microorganisms.
- (Sterile) The inability to have children.
- (sterile) lacking any functional sexual parts which are capable of fertilisation and seed production. cf. fertile
