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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are surgically tied.
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- noun a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations
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bilby commented on the word tubal ligation
Earworm?
December 12, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word tubal ligation
Yeah... you know... that hit song by ... the Tubes ... ?
April 26, 2009