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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Surgical removal of all or part of the vas deferens, usually as a means of sterilization.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Excision of the vas deferens.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Surg.) Resection or excision of the vas deferens.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun surgery The surgical removal of all or part of the vas deferens, usually as a means of male sterilization.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

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vas +‎ -ectomy

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