| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| (vuh-SEK-tuh-mee, vay-ZEK-tuh-mee) A surgical procedure in which the ducts that carry sperm out of the testes are cut and tied off so that no sperm can pass. Vasectomy is a form of male sterilization and is used as a method of birth control. The procedure has no effect on a man’s capacity to produce semen; the only difference is that his semen will no longer contain sperm. | 1 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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