The meaning of STERILE is failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores. How to use sterile in a sentence.

STERILE definition: 1. (of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops: 2…. Learn more.

2 days ago · sterile m or f by sense (plural sterili) sterile, barren, unprolific, infertile sterile, sterilized (medicine) vain, pointless unproductive

1. Not able to produce offspring, seeds, or fruit; unable to reproduce. 2. Producing little or no plant life; barren: a desolate, sterile region. 3. Free from disease-causing microorganisms: a sterile bandage.

Definition of sterile adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Something that is sterile is completely clean and free from bacteria and other microorganisms.

STERILE definition: free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic. See examples of sterile used in a sentence.

Microbiology free from living germs, bacteria, or microorganisms: a sterile environment for operating on patients. Microbiology not able to produce young: fears that nuclear radiation made people sterile.

STERILE meaning: 1 : not able to produce crops or plants; 2 : not able to produce children, young animals, etc.

The etymology of 'sterile' thus underscores the idea of a complete absence of life or reproductive capability, making it a fitting term to describe environments or objects that are intentionally kept free …