TUBAL LIGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tubal ligation mean? 

• TUBAL LIGATION (noun)
  The noun TUBAL LIGATION has 1 sense:

1. a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations

  Familiarity information: TUBAL LIGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBAL LIGATION (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

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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)