sterility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
    asepsis; sterileness; antisepsis.
  2. noun the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
    infertility.

WordNet

Ste*ril"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. sterilitas: cf. F. stérilité.
Definitions
  1. The quality or condition of being sterile.
  2. (Biol.) Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.

Webster 1913