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

Sterile definition: free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic.. See examples of STERILE used 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.

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.

1. (of soil, plants, humans and other animals) unable to produce crops, seeds, children or young. 2. free from germs. A surgeon's equipment must be absolutely sterile.

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

'Sterile' means free from bacteria or other living microorganisms, not able to produce children or young, or showing no creativity or vitality.

In both cases, sterile means lifeless. When you hear about a sterile person, it means they can't have kids: sterile women can't get pregnant, and sterile men can't be fathers.

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.