vasectomy

 
Pronunciation: /vəˈsɛktəmi/

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