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Webster 1913 Edition


Sterility

Ste-ril′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
sterilitas
: cf. F.
stérilité
.]
1.
The quality or condition of being sterile.
2.
(Biol.)
Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sterility

STERILITY

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
Barrenness; unproductiveness; unfruitfulness; the quality or state of producing little or nothing; as the sterility of land or soil.
2.
Barrenness; unfruitfulness; the state of not producing young; as of animals.
3.
Barrenness of ideas or sentiments, as in writings.
4.
Want of fertility or the power of producing sentiment; as the sterility of an author or of his mind.

Definition 2024


sterility

sterility

English

Noun

sterility (usually uncountable, plural sterilities)

  1. The state or quality of being sterile.

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