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sterile

[ster-il, -ahyl] / ˈstɛr ɪl, -aɪl /


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The second protein, SARM1 -- short for Sterile Alpha and TIR Motif-containing 1 -- has long been linked to axon degeneration.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Sterile discussions about policy can mask the moral injury that is being done there.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

Nichols won early recognition with the 1965 publication of his offbeat love story “The Sterile Cuckoo,” later made into a movie starring Liza Minnelli.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Sterile cabin procedures apply to anything below 10,000 feet, said independent aviation analyst Jose Suarez.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022

Sterile flowers small or minute, with 3 sepals barely united at base, and usually 3 similar or narrower petals; filaments short and united at base, or none; anthers 3–9, oval.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa




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