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vasectomy

[va-sek-tuh-mee] / væˈsɛk tə mi /


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One doctor said she has had to postpone vasectomy appointments because of the time needed for house calls and because patients are afraid to come in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Lead author Mike Garratt of the University of Otago explains that only castration, not vasectomy, increased male lifespan.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

Perhaps most notably, there is a rising interest in vasectomy rates for men who are usually less likely to seek them: men who are young and/or who have no children.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2025

The New York Times reported that Donahue even televised a birth, an abortion, a reverse vasectomy and a tubal litigation.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

Of surgical methods, castration of males, Oophorectomy or the removal of the ovaries in women, and vasectomy, or the section of the cords of the testicles, have all been suggested.

From The Fertility of the Unfit by Waddell, Rutherford