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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvasotomía
Pronunciation / Transliteration: basotomia
"La vasotomía implica la incisión de un conducto deferente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A surgical incision into a vas deferens or a blood vessel.
"The medical procedure involved a precise vasotomy to access the duct for subsequent intervention." - 2
An obsolete or alternative historical term sometimes referencing a vasectomy.
"In early urological literature, the term vasotomy was occasionally used interchangeably with vasectomy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin 'vas' (meaning vessel or duct, from Latin vas) combined with the combining form '-otomy' (derived from Greek 'tomia', meaning cutting or incision). Coined in medical terminology during the late 19th or early 20th century to describe surgical incisions into blood vessels or the vas deferens.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vasotomy" is said worldwide
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vasotomie
Transliteration: vazotomi
"La vasotomie est une intervention chirurgicale rare."
Vasotomie
Transliteration: vazotomiː
"Eine Vasotomie bezeichnet den chirurgischen Schnitt in einen Samenleiter."
vasotomia
Transliteration: vazotomia
"La vasotomia è un termine medico specialistico."
vasotomía
Transliteration: basotomia
"La vasotomía implica la incisión de un conducto deferente."
vasotomia
Transliteration: vazotomia
"A vasotomia é um procedimento cirúrgico específico."
वासोटोमी
Transliteration: vasotomi
"वासोटोमी एक चिकित्सा प्रक्रिया है।"
血管切开术
Transliteration: xièguǎn qiēkāi shù
"血管切开术是一种外科手术。"
혈관절개술
Transliteration: hyeolgwanjeolgaesul
"혈관절개술은 외과적 절차입니다."
血管切開術
Transliteration: kekkangessekaisjutsu
"血管切開術は外科的処置の一つです。"
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