TUBAL LIGATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations

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Hypernyms ("tubal ligation" is a kind of...):

ligation ((surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery))

surgical contraception (contraception by surgical sterilization)

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