noun
1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
• Syn: ↑asepsis, ↑antisepsis, ↑sterileness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sterile (for: ↑sterileness), ↑sterile, ↑antiseptic (for: ↑antisepsis), ↑aseptic (for: ↑asepsis)
• Hypernyms: ↑sanitariness
2. 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
• Syn: ↑infertility
• Ant: ↑fertility (for: ↑infertility)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑infertile (for: ↑infertility), ↑sterile
• Hypernyms: ↑physical condition, ↑physiological state, ↑physiological condition
• Hyponyms: ↑impotence, ↑impotency, ↑barrenness, ↑cacogenesis, ↑dysgenesis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.