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- pronunciation:
- ste
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is sterile, it is completely clean and without anything that can cause illness.
Doctors use sterile tools when they operate.- synonyms:
- sanitary
- antonyms:
- contaminated
- similar words:
- clean, disinfected, pure
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| definition 2: |
When living things are sterile, they cannot produce children or new plants, seeds, or fruit.
These plants are sterile, but they attract many bees.- antonyms:
- fertile
- similar words:
- fruitless
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| related words: |
dreary |
| derivation: |
sterility (n.) |
Word Builder: sterile +
- sterilize:
to make sterile.
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