Term: tubal ligation: a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations
Candidate hypernym: ligation: (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) → 1
Candidate hypernym: screening: testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics → 0
Candidate hypernym: arteriosclerosis: sclerosis of the arterial walls → 0
Candidate hypernym: committal service: service committing a body to the grave → 0
Candidate hypernym: concatenation: the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: ent man: a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat → 0
Candidate hypernym: siberian millet: millet having orange to reddish grains in long bristly spikes → 0
Candidate hypernym: twist: a jerky pulling movement → 0
Candidate hypernym: prognosis: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop → 0
Candidate hypernym: swamp milkweed: densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: obstruction: the act of obstructing → 0