Sterile (redirected from sterileness)

sterile /ster·ile/ (ster´il)

1. unable to produce offspring.

2. aseptic.

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ster·ile (strl, -l)

adj.

1. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring.

2. Free from all live bacteria or other microorganisms and their spores.

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sterile·ness, ste·rili·ty (st-rl-t) n.

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Sterile

Unable to conceive a child.

Mentioned in: Gonorrhea, Stool Culture, Stool O & P Test

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sterile,

adj free from viable microorganisms.

sterile field,

n 1. a specified area (such as within a tray or on a sterile towel) that is considered free of viable microorganisms.
2. an area immediately around a patient that has been prepared for a surgical procedure.

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sterile

1. not fertile; barren; not producing young. See also fertility.

2. aseptic; not producing microorganisms; free from living microorganisms.

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sterile insect release method

a method of insect control of particular use in insects in which mating occurs only once, e.g. screw-worm fly; artificially bred flies are sterilized by irradiation and released; if sufficient sterile flies are released most of the wild flies mate with a sterile fly and the population is sufficiently diminished to lead to a control situation. Called also SIRM.

sterile pack

see sterile surgical pack.