| 词汇 | vasectomy |
| 释义 | vasectomy noun[ C or U ] uk /vəˈsek.tə.mi/ us /vəˈsek.tə.mi/ the medical operation of cutting the tubes through which a man's sperm move, in order to stop his partner getting pregnant输精管切除术 Obstetrics: contraception cap cervical cap condom contraception contraceptive Dutch cap emergency contraception family planning Femidom French letter IUD johnny minipill morning-after pill prophylactic rhythm method rubber safe sex sheath unsterilized vasectomy | American Dictionaryvasectomy noun[ C/U ] us/vəˈsek·tə·mi, væ-/ the medical operation of cutting the tubes through which a man’s semen (= liquid containing sperm) move, in order to make him unable to make a woman pregnant Examples of vasectomyvasectomy The results of the present survey indicate the range of attitudes displayed by men undergoing vasectomy. Even more remarkable is the willingness of husbands from all social classes to have vasectomy performed. Except for three men who had no children but still wanted to have a vasectomy, the range of children was from one to eight. Over two-thirds (68 %) of the men reported that they or their wives had practised some form of birth control before the vasectomy operation. The vasectomy wives showed a similar pattern to the men. The largest percentage of men (43 %) first learned about vasectomy through the mass media. The present study collects information on the reasons for choosing vasectomy, as opposed to other methods-both actual and hypothetical. This did not emerge, with only 13% of the current vasectomy men nominating this. This suggests that vasectomy is a popular phenomenon among persons who have been married less than 20 years. The study group had a mean of 3-7 and a median of 3-0 living children at the time of the vasectomy. Will vasectomy, a once-for-all method, greatly increase in popularity? In addition, in 1971-72 a substantial number of men, mostly from the upper social classes had a vasectomy. In these talks, vasectomy was presented as an alternative procedure for special cases. The reason for wanting a vasectomy was clearly recorded. That vasectomy was the least known modern method may be due to the fact that it is a male method. See all examples of vasectomy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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