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adjective incapable of reproducing
adjective free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
adjective deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
originFrom Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (“barren, futile”). See also Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra).
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