sterility (redirected from Stearl)

sterility /ste·ril·i·ty/ (stĕ-ril´ĭ-te)

1. inability to produce offspring, i.e., either to conceive (female s.) or to induce conception (male s.)

2. asepsis.

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sterility

[stəril′itē]

Etymology: L, sterilis, barren

a condition of being unable to conceive or reproduce the species.

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sterility

the state of being sterile. See also infertility.

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cryptorchidism sterility

see cryptorchidism.

hybrids sterility

offspring of parents of different species, these animals are usually sterile due to differences between the chromosomes of the two parents.

intersex sterility

sterility due to chromosomal differences within the patient.

nondisjunction sterility

sterility due to chromosomal errors.

polled goats sterility

a small percentage of all genetically female polled goats are sterile due to masculinization.

XX male dogs sterility

a Y chromosome-dependent character is an obligatory primary component in transforming the indifferent gonad into a testis.

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sterility

1. The absence of viable contaminating microorganisms; aseptic state, asepsis 2. Involuntary infertility–the inability to procreate, conceive or induce conception