NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sterility

The quality or state of being unable to reproduce; of being infertile. The term may be used of higher plants or animals.
An aseptic condition, meaning an absence of living things, as in microbiology or the environment. See also sterile technique and sterilization (microbiology).
Sterility in medicine and surgery indicates a micro-environment (the surgical field) made free of infectious microorganisms.
In literature and art, the term suggests work that does not arouse the intellect or the emotions.

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Category: Disambiguation Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. ... An agar plate streaked with microorganisms Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. ... An antiseptic is a substance that kills or prevents the growth and reproduction of various microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses on the external surfaces of the body. ... Sterilization (or sterilisation) is the elimination of all transmissible agents (such as bacteria, prions and viruses) from a surface, a piece of equipment, food or biological culture medium. ... An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Sterilization (3159 words)
	While not exactly within the confines of sterilization, the numbers indicate that the family planning program on the Navajo Reservation was definitely acquiring federal funds to carry on such a massive project.
	In 1974, to set up safeguards, Congress defined the term "voluntary sterilization" to mean "...[the] requirement that the individual have at his disposal the information necessary to make his decision and the mental competence to appreciate the significance of that investigation" (DHEW report, 1978: 8).
	Coercive sterilization can be defined by examples of testimony, but the burden of proof is on the patient that has her signature on the bottom of the page.

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