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• Vasectomy — Diagram showing the usual location of a vasectomy. Background Birth control type Sterilization First use 1899 (experiments fro …   Wikipedia

• vasectomy — /va sek teuh mee/, n., pl. vasectomies. Surg. excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men. [1895 1900; VAS (DEFERENS) + ECTOMY] * * * Severing of the vas deferens, which carries sperm from the testes… …   Universalium

• vasectomy — Excision of a segment of the vas deferens, performed in association with prostatectomy, or to produce sterility. [vas + G. ektome, excision] * * * va·sec·to·my tə mē n, pl mies surgical division or resection of all or part of …   Medical dictionary

• vasectomy — n. the surgical operation of severing the duct (vas deferens) connecting the testis to the seminal vesicle and urethra. Vasectomy of both ducts causes sterility and is an increasingly popular means of birth control. Vasectomy does not affect… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• vasectomy — UK [vəˈsektəmɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms vasectomy : singular vasectomy plural vasectomies medical a medical operation that makes a man unable to have children. Doctors cut the tube that the man s sperm passes through …   English dictionary

• vasectomy — [[t]vəse̱ktəmi[/t]] vasectomies N VAR A vasectomy is a surgical operation in which the tube that carries sperm to a man s penis is cut, usually as a means of contraception …   English dictionary

• operation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of causing to function] Syn. execution, guidance, superintendence, carrying out, ordering, order, maintenance, handling, manipuLating, manipulation, supervision, control, conduct, agency, compelling, promoting,… …   English dictionary for students

• vasectomy — va|sec|to|my [vəˈsektəmi] n plural vasectomies [U and C] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: vas deferens sperm carrying tube (16 21 centuries) (from Modern Latin, carrying away container ) + ectomy] a medical operation to cut the small tube through which… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• vasectomy — va|sec|to|my [ və sektəmi ] noun count a medical operation that makes a man unable to have children. Doctors cut the tube that the man s SPERM passes through …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• vasectomy — noun (C, U) a medical operation to cut the small tube that carries a man s sperm so that he is unable to produce children …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• vasectomy — [vəˈsektəmi] noun [C] a medical operation that makes a man unable to have children …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English