Noun: sterileness ste-rul-nus [N. Amer], 'ste,rI(-u)l-nus [Brit]
Usage: rare (=sterility)
Usage: rare (=sterility)
- (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