sterility

Nouns

  • (n) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms antisepsis, asepsis, sterileness,
  • (n) 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 infertility,

Synonyms

antisepsis asepsis sterileness infertility

Antonyms

fecundity fertility

Words of close approximity

sterilise sterilize