'Sterility' definitions:
Definition of 'sterility'
(from WordNet)
noun
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness]
noun
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]
Definition of 'Sterility'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'sterility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aridity,
- asepsis,
- barrenness,
- birth control,
- bloodlessness,
- characterlessness,
- cleanliness,
- cleanly habits,
- cleanness,
- colorlessness,
- contraception,
- daintiness,
- deadness,
- dearth,
- dismalness,
- dragginess,
- dreariness,
- dry womb,
- dryness,
- dullness,
- dustiness,
- effeteness,
- emptiness,
- etiolation,
- family planning,
- famine,
- fastidiousness,
- flatness,
- freshness,
- heaviness,
- hollowness,
- hospital cleanliness,
- immaculacy,
- immaculateness,
- impotence,
- inanity,
- ineffectualness,
- inexcitability,
- infecundity,
- infertility,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- jejunity,
- leadenness,
- lifelessness,
- lowness of spirit,
- paleness,
- pallor,
- planned parenthood,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- ponderousness,
- pureness,
- purity,
- slowness,
- solemnity,
- spiritlessness,
- spotlessness,
- stainlessness,
- sterileness,
- stiffness,
- stodginess,
- stuffiness,
- superficiality,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tidiness,
- unfertileness,
- unfruitfulness,
- uninterestingness,
- unliveliness,
- unproductiveness,
- unspottedness,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- whiteness,
- withered loins,
- woodenness