[ UK /stˈɛɹa‍ɪl/ ]
[ US /ˈstɛɹəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
    unimaginative development of a musical theme
    a sterile ideology lacking in originality
    uninspired writing
  2. incapable of reproducing
    an infertile couple
  3. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
    a sterile operating area
    aseptic surgical techniques
    aseptic surgical instruments
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How To Use sterile In A Sentence

  • Sterile scissors are then used to make a horizontal incision through the skin and orbicularis muscle at the lateral canthal angle 1 cm toward the lateral orbital rim (left image).
  • The seeds were then cut in half longitudinally and deposited on a sterile Whatman No.1 filter paper impregnated with 1% tetrazolium chloride.
  • It is the repetitive, untreated Chlamydial infections that can cause women to be sterile.
  • Unless the circulating nurse is in a sterile gown, the instrument tray can be contaminated by unsterile clothing.
  • The skin wound was dressed with gauze, and sterile plaster wool was applied.
  • What is the recommended action if these instruments are not considered sterile?
  • All over Europe, the fringes of suburbia are blighted by the dreary apparatus of industry - undecorated sheds and dour offices in glum lots girdled by sterile acres of parking.
  • One particular challenge has been finding enough sterile manufacturing capacity to produce the vaccine. Times, Sunday Times
  • It now requires all aircraft operators who enplane or deplane passengers into a sterile area at an airport to conduct screening before departure.
  • His series meticulously documents festering food in the most well-lit and sterile environment possible.
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