tubal ligation

English

Noun

tubal ligation (countable and uncountable, plural tubal ligations)

1. (medicine) A surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed.

   Coordinate term: vasectomy (analogous procedure for male anatomy)

Translations

procedure in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輸卵管結紮術／输卵管结扎术 (shūluǎnguǎn jiézāshù)

• Finnish: munanjohtimien tukkiminen
• French: ligature des trompes f
• German: Tubenligatur f
• Polish: podwiązanie jajników n, podwiązanie jajowodów n
• Portuguese: laqueadura f, laqueação f
• Russian: перевя́зка ма́точных труб f (perevjázka mátočnyx trub)
• Turkish: tüp ligasyonu, tüplerin bağlanması

See also

• have one's tubes tied
• salpingectomy
• tie someone's tubes
• tubectomy