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单词 sterility
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sterility
noun[U]
uk
/stəˈrɪl.ə.ti/us
/stəˈrɪl.ə.t̬i/

sterilitynoun[U](UNABLE TO PRODUCE)

(inanimalsandpeople) theconditionof beingunabletoproduceyoung, or (inplants) theconditionof beingunabletoproduceplantsorcrops
（动物或人的）不育；（植物的）不实
thestateof having noimagination, newideas, orenergy:
枯燥乏味；毫无新意；无生气
Theycomplainedabout theemotionalsterilityoftheirmarriages.他们相互倾诉了对缺乏激情的婚姻的绝望。
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Animal reproduction
  • androgen
  • anti-oestrogen
  • asexuality
  • asexually
  • barrenness
  • calf
  • embryology
  • fertility
  • fertilize
  • fetal
  • incubate
  • infertile
  • procreation
  • procreative
  • propagation
  • rebreed
  • remate
  • reproductive
  • semen
  • spawning ground
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Plant pathology
Boredom, tedium and boring things

sterilitynoun[U](CLEAN)

medicalspecialized
theconditionof beingfreefrom anything that cancausedisease
消过毒的，灭过菌的
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Medicines & drugs: preventing infection
  • anti-AIDS
  • anti-bac
  • anti-plague
  • anti-rabies
  • antibacterial
  • antimicrobial
  • antiseptic
  • biosecurity
  • boost
  • cauterization
  • containment
  • Covid-secure
  • rubbing alcohol
  • scrub up
  • shielding
  • social distancing
  • sterilize
  • surgical spirit
  • swab
  • unexposed
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(Definition ofsterilityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sterility| American Dictionary

sterility
noun[U]
us
/stəˈrɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
theconditionof beingunabletoproducechildrenoryounganimals, or theconditionof beingunabletoproduceplantsorcrops:
Certainchemicalscausesterility infarmanimals.
(Definition ofsterilityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsterility

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We propose the hypothesis that some of the same regulatory pathways may be disrupted in the hybrid malesterilityof multiple species groups.
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Misexpression of these genes, or genes genetically upstream of them in the regulatory pathway, may contribute to hybrid dysfunctions such as hybrid malesterility.
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Comparisons of both male and female fitness components in all three genotypes might be necessary, especially in populations exhibiting morphological evidence of partial malesterility.
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Inbreeding depression is assumed to be a single, fixed parameter with no differences betweensterilitygenotypes and no evolutionary response to a changing selfing rate.
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The estimates adjusted for this age-relatedsterilityare discussed below.
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This observation could suggest that these genes are downstream targets of the genetic changes that cause hybrid malesterilityin these species.
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In the case ofsterility, or in many other circumstances, therapeutics accomplishes what nature makes impossible.
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Strikingly, hybridsterilityrequired having a particular allele at four separate loci - a four-locus epistatic interaction !
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They might just not have tested their reproductive capacity and thus there may be some latentsterilityor sub-fecundity among them.
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In addition, all three pairs show ' cryptic 'sterilityof either hybrid females or pure-species females mated to heterospecific males.
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Declining venereal disease reduces involuntarysterilityas well as fetal loss.
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Another activity is the evaluation of certain medical devices, in particular, those requiringsterility.
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However, considering estimated levels ofsterilityand fecundability, this does not seem very likely.
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Therefore, we use data from different chromosomes to compare the physical length of introgressions which result in malesterility.
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They often lead to developmental failure orsterility.
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