Sign 1041 of 4297 in the Auslan Dictionary

Matches for the word vasectomy

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Keywords: sterilise, vasectomy, tubal ligation, sterilisation

Sign Definition

As a Noun

  1. A medical operation that makes it impossible for a male or female to produce or have babies. English = sterilisation.
  2. A surgical operation that makes it impossible for a female to have or produce babies, by cutting or tying the fallopian tubes. Formal English = tubal ligation.
  3. A surgical operation that is done in order to sterilise a man, by cutting the tube that carries sperm to his penis. English = vasectomy.

As a Verb or Adjective

  1. To operate on a male or a female so as to make it impossible for him or her to produce or have babies. English = sterilise.
  2. Of a woman, to have a tubal ligation. Idiomatic English = have one's tubes tied.