ligation

Example Sentences

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When she first approached a doctor about tubal ligation at the age of 23, she was met with resistance.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

Not only is the cost of tubal ligation more expensive than a vasectomy, but it is a more complex procedure.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

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

These groundbreaking NKeNDs simultaneously display cancer-targeting ligands, such as HER2Afb or EGFRAfb, and NK cell-recruiting ligands, aCD16Nb, on the surface of the AaLS through the SpyCatcher/SpyTag protein ligation system.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2023

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