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The vas deferens carries sperm from the testicle, and is the duct sealed during a vasectomy.
means Short for vas deferens, the duct that carries sperm from the testicle toward the urethra — and the thing a vasectomy cuts or seals.
from From Latin 'vas,' meaning vessel or duct — the same plain word Romans used for jars, containers, any hollow carrier of stuff. Anatomists borrowed it wholesale for the body's tubing: vas deferens ('carrying-away vessel'), vas sanguineum, and so on. 'Vas' as the casual clinical shorthand is just that old Latin container-word, worn down to one syllable by doctors in a hurry.
- full name
- vas deferens, Latin for carrying vessel
- reversal odds
- works, but success drops over time
- sperm fate
- body just reabsorbs them, no backup needed
- not immediate
- takes weeks and a clear test to confirm