στείρωση
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Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek στείρωσις (steírōsis), from Ancient Greek στεῖρος (steîros, “infertile, barren”).
Pronunciation
Noun
στείρωση • (steírosi) f (plural στειρώσεις)
- (medicine) neutering, spaying, sterilisation (UK), sterilization (US) (act of making unable to procreate)
- Μετά την στείρωση, ο γάτος άλλαξε την συμπεριφορά του.
- Metá tin steírosi, o gátos állaxe tin symperiforá tou.
- After his neutering, the cat changed his behaviour.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στείρωση (steírosi) | στειρώσεις (steiróseis) |
| genitive | στείρωσης (steírosis) | στειρώσεων (steiróseon) |
| accusative | στείρωση (steírosi) | στειρώσεις (steiróseis) |
| vocative | στείρωση (steírosi) | στειρώσεις (steiróseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: στειρώσεως (steiróseos)
Synonyms
- ευνουχισμός m (evnouchismós, “castration”)
Related terms
- στείρος (steíros, “sterile, barren”)
- στειρότητα f (steirótita, “sterility, barrenness, infertility”)
- στειρώνω (steiróno, “to sterilize, to neuter”)
- στειρωτικός (steirotikós, “sterilizing, neutering”)
Further reading
στείρωση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
