| NOUN | state | sterility, asepsis, antisepsis, sterileness | (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms |
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| state | sterility, infertility | the state of being unable to produce offspring |
| Sounds | sterih'lihtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms. | |
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| Synonyms | asepsis, antisepsis, sterileness | |
| Broader | sanitariness | The state of being conducive to health |
| Spanish | antisepsia, asepsia, esterilización | |
| Catalan | antisèpsia, asèpsia | |
| Adjectives | sterile | free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | infertility | |
| Narrower | barrenness | The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children |
| cacogenesis | inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile | |
| dysgenesis | infertility between hybrids | |
| impotence, impotency | An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
| Opposite | fertility, fecundity | The state of being fertile |
| Spanish | esterilidad, infecundidad, infertilidad | |
| Catalan | esterilitat, infertilitat | |
| Adjectives | sterile | incapable of reproducing |
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