Keywords: sterilisation, tubal ligation, vasectomy, sterilise
Sign Definition
As a Noun
1. A medical operation that makes it impossible for a male or female to produce or have babies. English = sterilisation.
2. A surgical operation that makes it impossible for a female to have or produce babies, by cutting or tying the fallopian tubes. Formal English = tubal ligation.
3. A surgical operation that is done in order to sterilise a man, by cutting the tube that carries sperm to his penis. English = vasectomy.
As a Verb or Adjective
1. To operate on a male or a female so as to make it impossible for him or her to produce or have babies. English = sterilise.
2. Of a woman, to have a tubal ligation. Idiomatic English = have one's tubes tied.
