sterility (noun)
1sterility — sterile ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to produce children, young, crops, or fruit. 2) lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement. 3) free from bacteria or other living micro organisms. DERIVATIVES sterilely adverb sterility noun. ORIGIN Latin… …
2sterility — noun see sterile …
3sterility — noun The state or quality of being sterile …
4sterility — noun 1. (of non living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms • Syn: ↑asepsis, ↑antisepsis, ↑sterileness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sterile (for: ↑sterileness), ↑ …
5sterility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. infertility, incapacity, fruitlessness; see barrenness , worthlessness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The state or condition of being unable to reproduce sexually: barrenness, infertility, sterilization. See… …
6self-sterility — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the quality or state of being self sterile * * * self sterilˈity noun • • • Main Entry: ↑self …
7self-sterility — noun see self sterile …
8cross-sterility — noun see cross sterile …
9cross-sterile — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ adjective : sterile in a particular cross plants of widely different geographic origin are often cross sterile even though closely related • cross sterility | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun * * * cross sterility, n. /kraws ster euhl/ …
10self-sterile — adjective Date: 1876 sterile to its own pollen or sperm • self sterility noun …
