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TUBAL LIGATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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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