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

• Rumors that the waves can cause leukemia, sterility in males or birth defects are circulating around the embassy.
• In fact, overactivity may cause sterility for long periods of time.
• Last week 200 earnest characters met in Los Angeles for pregnant shoptalk about sterility.

• asepsis
• antisepsis
• sterileness
• infertility

• fertility

News & Articles

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• UW-Madison spine surgeon took part in 'selective reporting' of benefits, harms, review says
  A UW-Madison spine surgeon omitted a sterility risk in a report about a controversial bone substitute but emphasized a surgical benefit, even though both factors were not statistically significant, a new review says.
  June 18, 2013 - Wisconsin State Journal

Quotes

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• Pablo Picasso in Read It Here
  22): "Success is dangerous," said Picasso. "One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."
• Steve Martin in San Diego Union Tribune
  It changes the feeling of the canyon as you see the sediment along the shoreline from a feeling of increased sterility to one of a greater amount of vibrance,Martin said. "The benefits are substantial."
• Beck in Boston Globe (registration)
  Our museum is kind of an anti-museum. Most museums are about sterility, where you can't touch anything. Where a curator decides what's a great work of art and what's not,Beck said. "Why can't a conversation with a kid be a great work of...