sterility

Other forms: sterilities

Definitions of sterility

1. noun

   (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
   synonyms: antisepsis, asepsis, sterileness

   type of:

   sanitariness

   the state of being conducive to health
2. 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
   synonyms: infertility

   types:

   impotence, impotency

   an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

   barrenness

   the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

   cacogenesis

   inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile

   dysgenesis

   infertility between hybrids

   ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction

   impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

   type of:

   physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

   the condition or state of the body or bodily functions