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STERILENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
Synonyms:
antisepsis; asepsis; sterileness; sterility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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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