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tubal ligation

noun

  1. a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.

tubal ligation

noun

  1. the tying of the Fallopian tubes as a method of sterilization

tubal ligation

/ to̅o̅′bəl /

  1. A method of sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are surgically tied.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tubal ligation1

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

Tubal ligation is used by about the same number of women but is much less easy to undo.

What she now thinks they were talking about was a tubal ligation.

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