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