sterility
sterility noun: the state or quality of being sterile.
Noun
sterility (usually uncountable, plural sterilities)
- The state or quality of being sterile.
- Synonyms:
- sterileness
sterility meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
sterility in Tamil
- state of being sterile
- மலடு malaṭu
sterility in Bengali
- বন্ধ্যাত্ব, অনুর্বরতা
sterility in Malayalam
- വന്ധ്യത, നിരുത്പാദകത്വം, നിഷ്ഫലത
Examples of sterility in a sentence
- There are two simple secrets to successful bottling; sterility and a good seal.
- The fascia is then particulated, rechecked for sterility, and loaded into syringes that are vacuum-packaged.
- In a world of unscrupulous sterility, skerricks of life down there were scuttling around vigorously.
Synonyms of sterility
Forms of sterility
| plural | sterilities |
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Origin of sterility
From Middle English sterylite, sterylyte, from Latin sterilitās. By surface analysis, sterile + -ity.
Words formed from sterility
Questions about sterility
- What does sterility mean?
- Sterility means the state or quality of being sterile.
- What is sterility in Tamil?
- Sterility in Tamil is மலடு (malaṭu). See Sterility meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sterility?
- Sterility is a noun.
- What is the plural of sterility?
- The plural of sterility is sterilities.
Words near sterility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sterility (page history and authors); sterility (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sterility (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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