Usually means: Free from any living microorganisms.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word sterile:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sterile: Merriam-Webster
  3. sterile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sterile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sterile: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sterile: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sterile, sterile: Wordnik
  8. sterile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sterile: Wiktionary
  10. sterile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sterile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sterile: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sterile: Dictionary.com
  14. sterile: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sterile: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sterile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sterile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sterile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sterile: Rhymezone
  20. sterile, sterile, strile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sterile: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. sterile: FreeDictionary.org
  23. sterile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sterile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sterile: Health & Beauty Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sterile: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sterile: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterile: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. sterile: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. sterile: Medical dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterile: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Bryological (No longer online)
  5. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sterile: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sterile: Beauty & Health Glossary
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See sterilely as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
adjective:  (figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
adjective:  (figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
adjective:  Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
adjective:  Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
adjective:  (US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.

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