Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vasectomy

1 sense of vasectomy

Sense 1
vasectomy -- (surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible)
       => ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision -- (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
       => surgical contraception -- (contraception by surgical sterilization)