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noun
A surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ligation, surgical contraception
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