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