'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]