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STERILENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sterileness mean?
• STERILENESS (noun)
The noun STERILENESS has 1 sense:
1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
Familiarity information: STERILENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
antisepsis; asepsis; sterileness; sterility
Hypernyms ("sterileness" is a kind of...):
sanitariness (the state of being conducive to health)
Derivation:
sterile (free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms)
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