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STERILE

\stˈɛɹa͡ɪl], \stˈɛɹa‍ɪl], \s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_aɪ_l]\

Definitions of STERILE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention:i"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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 germs; as, a sterile fluid.
Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Not fertile; unfruitful; as, sterile land; without power to reproduce; barren; as, sterile seed; without ideas; as, a sterile mind.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Sterility.
1. Unfruitful, not fertile, bearing no progeny. 2. Aseptic.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Sterility.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Non-productive; applied to women who cannot become pregnant.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Unfruitful: barren: destitute of ideas or sentiment.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Barren; unfruitful.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Barren; unfruitful; producing little or no crop; producing no young; barren of ideas or sentiment.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Barren; unfruitful; unproductive; barren of ideas.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Incapable of propagation ; a plant unable to bear fruit, a neutral flower, a seed unable to germinate.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Same etymon as Sterilitas. Not producing fruit; infecund.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Not producing young; unproductive; barren.
Aseptic; not containing micro-organisms.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Barren, unfruitful, unproductive.
Freed from living microorganisms. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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