Meaning sterile
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sterileUnable to produce children. Also means free from germs.
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sterilemid-15c., "barren," from Middle French stérile "not producing fruit," from Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive, unfruitful; unrequited; unprofitable," from PIE *ster- (1 [..]
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sterilenot able to reproduce.
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sterileLacking fertility or reproductive potential; said of a soil heated or treated to remove harmful organisms. Barren, not able to produce seed. Sterilization
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sterile(1) Material that is free of disease organisms (pathogens), as in potting medium. (2) A plant that is unable to produce viable seeds.
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sterileincapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" aseptic: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area& [..]
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sterileFree from living organisms. Relating to or characterized by sterility.
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sterile(1) without reproductive structures, not producing seed, spores or pollen; (2) of seeds, spores or pollen, not capable of germination. cf. fertile.
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sterile(a) Without Life. (b) Inability of an organism to produce functional gametes.
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sterile[Gender] -- Barren, not functional; used of sexual parts, such as anthers; (sterile specimen = one without flowers).
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sterilenot able to conceive or carry a child.
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sterileMedium or object with no perceptible or viable micro-organisms.
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sterile(a) Without Life. (b) Inability of an organism to produce functional gametes.
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sterileAbsence of all living micro-organisms.
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sterile(adj) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms(adj) incapable of reproducing(adj) deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
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sterile1. Free from living microorganisms. 2. Unable to have children.
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sterileFree from living microorganisms, as bacteria, or their visible spores.
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sterile 1. Free of infectious organisms. 2. Unable to produce offspring.
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sterileUnable to produce children. Also means free from germs.
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sterile Free from living organisms or contaminants
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sterilefree from live microorganisms
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sterilefree of all living microorganisms.
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sterileIncapable of reproduction. Not able to germinate or bear fruit.
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sterileFree from all living microorganisms; usually described as a probability (e.g. the probability of a surviving microorganism being 1 in 1 million).
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sterileFree from contaminating organisms, like bacteria or viruses, that may transmit disease.
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sterilefree of living organisms.
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sterileFree from living organisms
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sterile(1) Material that is free of disease organisms (pathogens), as in potting medium. (2) A plant that is unable to produce viable seeds.
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sterileFree from viable micro-organisms
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sterileFree of microorganisms, including all spores.
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