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vasectomy

vasectomy

n. a surgical procedure for male sterilization in which the vas deferens, which carries sperm from the testes to the urethra, is removed, segmented, or cut and the resulting openings blocked. The procedure must be regarded as permanent as it cannot always be reversed.

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