Sterilization, Reproductive
Procedures to block or remove all or part of the genital tract for the purpose of rendering individuals sterile, incapable of reproduction. Surgical sterilization procedures are the most commonly used. There are also sterilization procedures involving chemical or physical means.
Year introduced: 2004 (1963)
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Tree Number(s): E02.875.194.910, E04.950.599
MeSH Unique ID: D013245
Entry Terms:
- Reproductive Sterilizations
- Sterilizations, Reproductive
- Reproductive Sterilization
- Female Sterilization, Voluntary
- Female Sterilizations, Voluntary
- Voluntary Female Sterilization
- Voluntary Female Sterilizations
- Voluntary Sterilization
- Sterilization, Voluntary
- Sterilizations, Voluntary
- Voluntary Sterilizations
- Male Sterilization, Voluntary
- Male Sterilizations, Voluntary
- Voluntary Male Sterilization
- Voluntary Male Sterilizations
- Female Sterilization
- Female Sterilizations
- Sterilization, Female
- Sterilizations, Female
- Male Sterilization
- Male Sterilizations
- Sterilization, Male
- Sterilizations, Male
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