[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]