Definition of Sterile

1. Adjective. Incapable of reproducing. "An infertile couple"


2. Adjective. Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms. "Aseptic surgical techniques"
Exact synonyms: Aseptic
Similar to: Antiseptic
Derivative terms: Asepsis, Asepsis, Sterileness, Sterility

3. Adjective. Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention. "Uninspired writing"
Exact synonyms: Unimaginative, Uninspired, Uninventive
Similar to: Uncreative

Definition of Sterile

1. a. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

Definition of Sterile

1. incapable of producing offspring [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterile

stereotypical
stereotypically
stereotypies
stereotyping
stereotypy
stereo system
steres
steric
sterical
sterically
sterigma
sterigmas
sterigmata
sterilant
sterilants
sterile (current term)
sterilely
sterileness
sterilisation
sterilise
sterilised
steriliser
sterilises
sterilising
sterilities
sterility
sterilization
sterilizations
sterilize
sterilized

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