STERILITY

• (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

• (noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

  synonyms : antisepsis , asepsis , sterileness

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