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Circumcision vs Vasectomy - What's the difference?

circumcision | vasectomy |

As nouns the difference between circumcision and vasectomy

is that circumcision is the act of excising or amputating the prepuce (the foreskin on penises, the clitoral hood on clitorises while vasectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the vas deferens, usually as a means of male sterilization.

circumcision

English

(wikipedia circumcision)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of excising or amputating the prepuce (the foreskin on penises, the clitoral hood on clitorises)
  • The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female.

    • Synonyms

    * circ (informal) * female genital mutilation

    Related terms

    * circumcise, circumcize * male circumcision * female circumcision

    vasectomy

    English

    (wikipedia vasectomy)

    Noun

    (vasectomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the vas deferens, usually as a means of male sterilization.