vasectomized
Made permanently infertile
Vasectomized describes a male who has undergone a vasectomy—surgical cutting of the tubes that carry sperm, rendering him sterile.
The procedure is a common form of permanent contraception: After their third child, he got vasectomized.
The word functions as both past tense verb and adjective: a vasectomized man.
Unable to produce offspring
- sperm countReproductive cell quantity
- sterileFree from microorganisms
Urinary system physician
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- no-scalpelTechnique using puncture not blade
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- ligationSurgical binding of vessels
anesthesia · outpatient · vas deferens · suture · cauterization · hemostasis · clinic · recovery
Sperm-transporting tube
- scrotumPouch containing male gonads
- testiclesMale reproductive glands
- epididymisSperm storage and maturation site
Preventing conception intentionally
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- childfreeIntentionally without offspring
- male contraceptionFertility control for men
Magnified procedures on minute structures
- patencyState of being open
- reconnectionRestoring a broken link
- regretSorrow over past actions
infertile
Unable to produce offspring
- sperm countReproductive cell quantity
- sterileFree from microorganisms
urologist
Urinary system physician
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- no-scalpelTechnique using puncture not blade
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
ligation · anesthesia · outpatient · vas deferens · suture · cauterization · hemostasis · clinic · recovery · postoperative
vas deferens
Sperm-transporting tube
- scrotumPouch containing male gonads
- testiclesMale reproductive glands
- epididymisSperm storage and maturation site
birth control
Preventing conception intentionally
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- childfreeIntentionally without offspring
microsurgery
Magnified procedures on minute structures
- patencyState of being open
- reconnectionRestoring a broken link
- regretSorrow over past actions