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English Dictionary: sterility by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sterility
n
  1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
    Synonym(s): 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
    Synonym(s): sterility, infertility
    Antonym(s): fecundity, fertility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sterility \Ste*ril"i*ty\, n. [L. sterilitas: cf. F.
      st[82]rilit[82].]
      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.
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