One entry found for sterile.

Main Entry: ster·ile
Pronunciation: ster-l
Function: adjective
1 : not able to produce fruit, crops, or offspring : not fertile <sterile soil>
2 : free from microscopic living things and especially germs (as bacteria and viruses) <a sterile dressing for a wound>
- ste·ril·i·ty /st-ril-t-/ noun

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