The meaning of Sterile
Sterile – definition
adjectiveNot able to produce children or young.
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The disease had made him sterileadjectiveFree from bacteria or other living microorganisms; totally clean.
Usage examples:
A sterile needle and syringes
adjective(of a person or animal) unable to produce young, or of land unable to produce plants or crops
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It was a small oasis surrounded by sterile desert., medical equipment must be kept sterile., suburb…
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Word origin
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sterilis ; related to Greek steira ‘barren cow’. sterile (sense 2) dates from the late 19th century.
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