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vasectomy (n.)

1896, from Modern Latin vas (deferens) + -ectomy "a cutting, surgical removal."

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vas (n.)
in anatomy, "a tube, duct, or conduit for conveying blood, lymph, semen, etc.," plural vasa, Latin, literally "vessel." Vas deferens (plural vasa defferentia) is from 1570s.
-ectomy 

word-forming element meaning "surgical removal," from Latinized form of Greek -ektomia "a cutting out of," from ektemnein "to cut out," from ek "out" (see ex-) + temnein "to cut" (from PIE root *tem- "to cut").

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Definitions of vasectomy from WordNet

vasectomy (n.)
surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible;
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