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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms;
[syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness]

2. 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;
[syn: sterility, infertility]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sterility \Ste*ril"i*ty\, n. [L. sterilitas: cf. F. st['e]rilit['e].] 1. The quality or condition of being sterile. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sterility n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness] 2: 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 [syn: sterility, infertility] [ant: fecundity, fertility]