Look up: sterile

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   sterile
   1. Unable to reproduce sexually. 2. To be free from living microorganisms.
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   Sterile
   Incapable of sexaul reproduction; also taken by many to mean free from living micro-organisms.
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   sterile
   [adj] - deficient in originality or creativity
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   Sterile
   A plant that is unable to produce seed
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   Sterile
   Free from bacteria and other microorganisms.
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   sterile
   infertile Category: Medicine • free from all living micro-organisms Category: Medicine
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   Sterile
   Ster'ile adjective [ French stérile , Latin sterilis , akin to Greek stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stairō , fem., barren. See Stare to gaze.] 1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; ...
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   sterile
   1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year. ... 2. <biology> Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. Free from reproductive spores or ...
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   sterile
   unfertile adjective incapable of reproducing; `an infertile couple`
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    sterile
    uninspired adjective deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; `a sterile ideology lacking in originality`; `unimaginative development of a musical theme`; `uninspired writing`
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    sterile
    (ster´il) infertile (see infertility). aseptic. sterile technique aseptic technique.
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    Sterile
    • (a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. • (a.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid. • (a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile l...
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    sterile
    (from the article `social insect`) Social insects are differentiated in structure, function, and behaviour into castes, the major ones being the reproductives (e.g., the queen) and the ...
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    sterile
    Relating to or characterized by sterility. [L. sterilis, barren]
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