| NOUN | act | surgical contraception | contraception by surgical sterilization |
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| Meaning | contraception by surgical sterilization. | |
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| Narrower | tubal ligation | A sterilization procedure with women |
| vasectomy | surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization) | |
| Broader | contraception, contraceptive method | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery |
| sterilization, sterilisation | The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | |
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