Topic: HOSPITAL
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | vas deferens 'sperm-carrying tube' (16-21 centuries) (from Modern Latin, 'carrying-away container') + -ectomy |
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va‧sec‧to‧my
plural vasectomies [uncountable and countable]
plural vasectomies [uncountable and countable]MH a medical operation to cut the small tube through which a man's sperm passes so that he is unable to produce children
