Sterility

(physiology) The inability to reproduce because of congenital or acquired reproductive system disorders involving lack of gamete production or production of abnormal gametes.

noun

1. The state or condition of being unable to reproduce sexually: barrenness, infertility, sterilization. See reproduction/barrenness, rich/poor.
2. The state or condition of being free from microorganisms: sterilization. See clean/dirty.
3. A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest: asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness, weariness. See excite/bore/interest.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
  Synonyms: asepsis, antisepsis, sterileness

Meaning #2: 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
  Synonym: infertility

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Sterile or sterility may refer to:

• Infertility, the inability of an organism to reproduce
• Asepsis, a state of being free from biological contaminants
• Sterile Records, a record label

See also

• Sterilization

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