vasoligation

[vas-oh-lahy-gey-shuhn, vey-zoh-]

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noun

Surgery.

ligation of the vas deferens.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vasoligation¹

vaso- + ligation

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Example Sentences

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But that, to scientists, is a prosaic anecdote when there are papers to be heard on such exotic subjects as "Respiration of Tomato Fruits," "Animal Ecology of Oaks," "Cytologic Changes Following Vasoligation of the Kidney of the Albino Rat."