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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ster•ile /ˈstɛrɪl/USA pronunciation adj. - Microbiologyfree from living germs, bacteria, or microorganisms:a sterile environment for operating on patients.
- Microbiologynot able to produce young:fears that nuclear radiation made people sterile.
- Microbiologynot producing vegetation:sterile soil.
- not producing results, ideas, etc.; fruitless:scientists engaged in sterile research.
ste•ril•i•ty /stəˈrɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ster•ile (ster′il or, esp. Brit., -īl),USA pronunciation adj. - Microbiologyfree from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:sterile surgical instruments.
- Microbiologyincapable of producing offspring;
not producing offspring. - Microbiologybarren;
not producing vegetation:sterile soil. - [Bot.]
- Botanynoting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop.
- Botanybearing no stamens or pistils.
- not productive of results, ideas, etc.;
fruitless.
- Latin sterilis unfruitful
- 1545–55
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged infecund, unfruitful.
- 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fertile.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sterile /ˈstɛraɪl/ adj - unable to produce offspring; infertile
- free from living, esp pathogenic, microorganisms; aseptic
- (of plants or their parts) not producing or bearing seeds, fruit, spores, stamens, or pistils
- lacking inspiration or vitality; fruitless
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin sterilisˈsterilely adv sterility /stɛˈrɪlɪtɪ/ n |