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English noun: sterility | |||
| 1. | sterility (state) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | ||
| Synonyms | antisepsis, asepsis, sterileness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sanitariness | ||
| 2. | sterility (state) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | infertility | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barrenness, cacogenesis, dysgenesis, impotence, impotency | ||
| Antonyms | fecundity, fertility | ||
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