noun

vasectomy

vuh-SEHK-tuh-mee

noun

A surgical procedure that cuts or seals the tubes carrying sperm, used as a permanent form of male birth control.

"After deciding their family was complete, he opted for a vasectomy."

How to Use Vasectomy

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA vasectomy is a minor surgery that makes a man permanently unable to father children, without affecting hormones or sex drive.

Common pairings

have a vasectomy vasectomy reversal

vasectomies plural

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After deciding their family was complete, he opted for a _____.

Built from "vas" (short for vas deferens, the tube carrying sperm) plus the medical suffix "-ectomy," meaning "surgical removal."

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