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Vasectomy

//vəˈsɛktəmi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.

    "The experimental vasectomy operation was performed under sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg body weight, i.p) anesthesia via a lower midabdominal incision as described elsewhere."

  2. 2
    surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible wordnet

Etymology

From vas- (“vas deferens”) + -ectomy (“surgery involving the excision or removal of a body part”).

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