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vasectomy

a vasectomy is surgery to make a man sterile (permanently unable to father a child). during a vasectomy, the tube that carries sperm from the testicles to the urethra (called the vas deferens) is cut and tied off or clipped, preventing sperm from being released during ejaculation.

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