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Noun: sterileness  ste-rul-nus [N. Amer], 'ste,rI(-u)l-nus [Brit]
Usage: rare (=sterility)
  1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
    "The sterileness of the surgical instruments was carefully maintained";
    - asepsis, antisepsis, sterility

Type of: sanitariness