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So clean nothing can live there — biology's version of an empty inbox.
means Free of living microbes, or incapable of producing offspring, or so plain it feels lifeless.
from From Latin sterilis, barren, unfruitful — first describing land that grew nothing, later wombs, then labs.
Higher standardSterile means zero microbes, not merely fewer.
Heat historySteam autoclaves sterilize at 121 degrees Celsius.
Design insultCalling a room sterile rarely means hygienic.