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vasectomy

Pronunciation: /vəˈsɛktəmi/

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Definition of vasectomy

noun (plural vasectomies)

  • the surgical cutting and sealing of part of each vas deferens, typically as a means of sterilization: he couldn’t have made Caroline pregnant, because he’d had a vasectomy [mass noun]:vasectomy has no effect on the secretion of the male sex hormone

Derivatives

vasectomize

(also vasectomise) verb

vasectomy in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of vasectomy in the US English dictionary
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