Definitions
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 thevas deferens , usually as a means ofmale 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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Examples
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You secretly hope that the vasectomy is reversed naturally and you become pregnant again.
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But part of this ambivalence involves kinda wanting an ‘accident’, for the decision to be made for me (which, post-vasectomy, is unlikely).
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It's because vasectomy is a brief office procedure performed under local anesthesia, compared to a tubal ligation, which is an intra-abdominal procedure performed under general anesthesia.
Keeping Your Fertility Options Open aka TBTAM 2007
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Sperm banking before vasectomy is not a guarantee of future fertility, since frozen and thawed sperm may be less viable than fresh sperm.
Keeping Your Fertility Options Open aka TBTAM 2007
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A vasectomy is an operation in which the tubes through which sperm travels are cut, leaving sperm unable to reach the testes and making a man unable to impregnate a woman.
Vasectomy Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia | Impact Lab 2007
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A vasectomy is the surgical removal of a small piece of the vas deferens.
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A vasectomy is the surgical removal of a small piece of the vas deferens.
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You’ll feel better in 2011, if the vasectomy is a success.
And On The Seven-Hundredth Day, She Rested | Her Bad Mother 2009
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I don’t know how much my strong longing was because a vasectomy is so FINAL.
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It calls a vasectomy or tubal ligation mutilation.
Charles Karel Bouley: "Spring Awakening"-- Teen Masturbation, Pregnancy, Incest, Suicide and Rape In A Catchy Musical Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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