sterility

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the state of being unable to produce offspring

2. 2
   noun

   (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

3. 3
   noun

   The state or quality of being sterile.

Etymology

From Middle English sterylite, sterylyte, from Latin sterilitās. By surface analysis, sterile + -ity.