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ALL meanings of sterile

ster·ile
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  • adjective sterile free of germs 1
  • adjective sterile infertile 1
  • adjective sterile clinical, impersonal 1
  • adjective sterile land: barren, dry 1
  • adjective sterile free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments. 1
  • adjective sterile incapable of producing offspring; not producing offspring. 1
  • adjective sterile barren; not producing vegetation: sterile soil. 1
  • adjective sterile Botany. noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop. bearing no stamens or pistils. 1
  • adjective sterile not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless. 1
  • adjective sterile Something that is sterile is completely clean and free from germs. 0
  • adjective sterile A person or animal that is sterile is unable to have or produce babies. 0
  • adjective sterile A sterile situation is lacking in energy and new ideas. 0
  • adjective sterile unable to produce offspring; infertile 0
  • adjective sterile free from living, esp pathogenic, microorganisms; aseptic 0
  • adjective sterile (of plants or their parts) not producing or bearing seeds, fruit, spores, stamens, or pistils 0
  • adjective sterile lacking inspiration or vitality; fruitless 0
  • adjective sterile (of gold) not being used to support credit creation or an increased money supply 0
  • adjective sterile incapable of producing others of its kind; barren 0
  • adjective sterile producing little or nothing; unfruitful 0
  • adjective sterile lacking in interest or vitality; not stimulating or effective 0
  • adjective sterile free from living microorganisms; esp., aseptic 0
  • adjective sterile unable or failing to bear fruit or spores, as a plant, or to germinate, as a seed 0
  • adjective sterile having stamens only, as a male flower, or having neither pistils nor stamens 0
  • adjective sterile Something that is sterile is completely clean and free from bacteria and other microorganisms. 0
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