ligation
Example Sentences
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She shared her tubal ligation journey in a 30-minute YouTube video last March, explaining her decision to have the procedure.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Researchers say this could change how people view tubal ligation as a so-called “permanent” contraception option, and how providers discuss birth control options post-Dobbs.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, tubal ligation is considered to be a “permanent” option, as there is less than 1 person who gets pregnant a year after the surgery.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024
One of their main findings was that the expression of the Il1rl1 gene was markedly higher in peri-root tissue five days after ligation.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
We won her freedom after establishing that she had had a tubal ligation five years prior to her arrest, which made it biologically impossible for her to conceive, let alone give birth to, a child.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.