STERILITY

n. Stear-ial'i2t-i2. Gr., oret'puxns (from tripos, barren). Lat., sterilitas, impotent i a generaudi. Fr., sterilite. Ger., Sterilitat, Unfruchtbarkeit. The condition of being sterile. [a, 35.] Facultative s. Ger., facultative Sterilitat. The pre- " vention of conception. [C. Ha e, Ctrlbl. f. d. ges. Therap.," June, 1886, p. 277.J Idiopatliic s. See A ZOOS PEE MAT ISM. Relative s. S. in consequence of the fertilizing element being wanting or of the ovum not coming to maturity, there being no abnormal condition of the sexual organs, [a, 34.] [s. 537]