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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Builder, Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
completely clean and without anything that can cause illness.
Doctors use sterile tools.- antonyms:
- contaminated
- similar words:
- clean, pure
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| definition 2: |
not able to produce babies; not able to reproduce.
The disease caused him to become sterile.- antonyms:
- fertile
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| derivation: |
sterility (n.) |
Word Builder: sterile +
- sterilize:
to make sterile.
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