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va·sec·to·mize

(və-sĕk′tə-mīz′, vā-zĕk′-)

tr.v. va·sec·to·mized, va·sec·to·miz·ing, va·sec·to·miz·es

To perform a vasectomy on.

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vasectomize

(vəˈsɛktəˌmaɪz) or

vasectomise

vb (tr)

(Medicine) to perform a vasectomy on

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Verb 1. vasectomize - remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control"

vasectomise

desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

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