sterility
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, |
| definition | : | the condition or state of the body or bodily functions (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | barrenness, |
| definition | : | the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cacogenesis, |
| definition | : | inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dysgenesis, |
| definition | : | infertility between hybrids (noun.state) |
2. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | sanitariness, |
| definition | : | the state of being conducive to health (noun.state) |
3. 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 (noun.state)
4. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms (noun.state)
| derivation | : | antiseptic, |
| definition | : | thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms (adj.all) |
5. 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 (noun.state)
6. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms (noun.state)
| derivation | : | antiseptic, |
| definition | : | thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms (adj.all) |
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