sterility

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sterility

1	n	(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
2	n	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

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sterility

Antonyms:: fecundity, fertility
the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; impotence, impotency
an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate; barrenness
the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children; cacogenesis
inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile; dysgenesis
infertility between hybrids; ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

Type of:: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

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