What does STERILE mean?

Definitions for STERILE
ˈstɛr ɪl; esp. Brit. -aɪlster·ile

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sterile, unfertile, infertileadjective

    incapable of reproducing

    "an infertile couple"

  2. aseptic, sterileadjective

    free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

    "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

  3. sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventiveadjective

    deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

    "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

Wiktionary

  1. sterileadjective

    Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

  2. sterileadjective

    Unprofitable.

  3. sterileadjective

    Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

  4. Etymology: From sterilis. See also στεῖρα.

ChatGPT

  1. sterile

    Sterile generally means free from living microorganisms, bacteria, or other forms of life often through a process of sterilization. It can also refer to an organism or environment that is incapable of producing offspring or new growth.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sterileadjective

    producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year

  2. Sterileadjective

    incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens

  3. Sterileadjective

    free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid

  4. Sterileadjective

    fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author

  5. Etymology: [F. strile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stair, fem., barren. See Stare to gaze.]

Wikidata

  1. Sterile

    Devoid of living organisms.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sterile

    ster′il, adj. unfruitful: barren: (bot.) producing no pistil, or no spores: destitute of ideas or sentiment.—n. Sterilisā′tion, act of sterilising.—v.t. Ster′ilise, to cause to be fruitless: to destroy bacteria or other micro-organisms in.—ns. Ster′iliser, anything which sterilises; Steril′ity, quality of being sterile: unfruitfulness, barrenness, in regard to reproduction. [O. Fr.,—L. sterilis, barren.]

Entomology

  1. Sterile

    not capable of reproducing its kind.

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Anagrams for STERILE »

  1. leister

  2. retiles

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of STERILE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of STERILE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of STERILE in a Sentence

  1. Szilard Kiss:

    Iluvien-implant is a cylindrical metallic thing that inside it has the steroid that is slowly released, we numb the patient around the eye, we make sure everything is sterile, and then we actually stick a needle in the eye. And the idea of sticking a needle in the eye sounds very scary but the results sort of bring patients back because it works.

  2. Thomas Farley:

    We have n’t seen a public health emergency like this in the last century, it’s time for us to rethink our assumptions, and consider options we had n’t seen before. Unlike similar efforts by other cities, the injection sites would not need City Council approval because they would be privately run. Drug-related overdose deaths began to spoke in 2015 with the presence of fetanyl, according to Philadelphia Public Health. ( Fox News) The sites would give drug addicts a safe haven to shoot up and would offer sterile injection equipment, including needles, and Naloxone. Fox News would also give referrals to treatment centers, social services clinics and wound care facilities. The idea comes as a paradigm shift in the nation’s effort to stem the tide of opioid-related deaths.Seattle and New York have been among places that have mulled similar measures, but the efforts stalled because of either legal or bureaucratic hurdles. Canada and Europe have operated similar types of facilities for the last few decades.

  3. Abigail Harding:

    We had always [all] our lives been told -- it wasn't true -- that Nan released that book for smear purposes, that Harding had mumps and was sterile, i said OK, and I'd repeat that answer -- I remember -- when people were asking.

  4. Dejan Stojanovic:

    Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line.

  5. Maya Angelou:

    A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

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