sterility
(stĕ-ril′ĭt-ē)
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[L. sterilitas, barrenness]
1. Freedom from contamination or colonization by living microorganisms.
2. The inability of the female to become pregnant or for the male to impregnate a female; infertility.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Sterility." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741398/all/sterility.
Sterility. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741398/all/sterility. Accessed October 10, 2024.
Sterility. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741398/all/sterility
Sterility [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741398/all/sterility.
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