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sterile /sterˈīl or (US) -il/ adjective- Unfruitful
- Barren
- Not producing, or unable to produce, offspring, fruit, seeds, or spores
- (of a flower) without pistils
- (of a glume) not subtending a flower
- Sterilized
- Destitute of ideas or results
- Lacking in creativity or inspiration
ORIGIN: L sterilis barren sterˈilant noun A sterilizing agent sterilˈity noun - The quality of being sterile
- Unfruitfulness, barrenness, in regard to reproduction
sterilization or sterilisation /ster-i-lī-zāˈshən/ noun sterˈilize or sterˈilise transitive verb - To cause to be fruitless
- To deprive of power of reproduction
- To destroy micro-organisms in
sterˈilīzer or sterˈilīser noun - One who, or that which, sterilizes
- Any apparatus for destroying germs
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