vasectomize

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/vəˈsɛktəmaɪz/

verb

To perform a vasectomy (on a patient, a human or nonhuman male animal).

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vasectomise
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Meanings

verbvasectomize (third-person singular simple present vasectomizes, present participle vasectomizing, simple past and past participle vasectomized)

present singular third person vasectomizes · participle present vasectomizing · participle past vasectomized · past vasectomized · alternative vasectomise

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo perform a vasectomy (on a patient, a human or nonhuman male animal).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbremove the vas deferens

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vasectomise
Broader
sterilizesterilisedesex

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From vasectomy + -ize.

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APA

vasectomize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasectomize

MLA

“vasectomize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasectomize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vasectomize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasectomize.

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