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noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
noun 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
originFrom Middle English sterylite, sterylyte, from Latin sterilitās. By surface analysis, sterile + -ity.
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