Sterility
Encyclopedia
Sterile or sterility may refer to:
- Sterilization (microbiology)Sterilization (microbiology)Sterilization is a term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media...
, a term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of life from an item or field - Sterility (physiology)Sterility (physiology)Sterility is the physiological inability to effect sexual reproduction in a living thing, members of whose kind have been produced sexually. The term may be used in reference to* types of organism, such as the mule, a sterile hybrid;...
, an inability of a living organism to effect sexual reproduction- InfertilityInfertilityInfertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a person to contribute to conception. Infertility may also refer to the state of a woman who is unable to carry a pregnancy to full term...
, the condition of a person being unable to bear children, especially through natural means
- Infertility
- AsepsisAsepsisAsepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing contaminants or, preventing contact with microorganisms. The term asepsis often refers to those practices used to promote or induce asepsis in an operative field in surgery or medicine to prevent infection...
, a state of being free from biological contaminants - Sterile depositSterile depositIn archaeology, a sterile deposit is a geological stratum that lacks any materials of archaeological significance. That is, there are no artifacts, ecofacts, or features present....
, a geological strata free of archaeological materials - Sterile RecordsSterile RecordsThe Sterile Records record label was formed in London in 1979 by Nigel Ayers and Caroline K of the post-industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions. With a background in the mail art networks, their intention was to create and promote a new form of music...
, a record label formed in London in 1979 by Nigel Ayers and Caroline K of the post-industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions