have one's tubes tied

English

Verb

have one's tubes tied (third-person singular simple present has one's tubes tied, present participle having one's tubes tied, simple past and past participle had one's tubes tied)

1. (colloquial, medicine) To undergo a tubal ligation.

   My sister had her tubes tied after her fifth pregnancy.

Related terms

• tube tying

Translations

Translations

• French: se faire ligaturer les trompes (de Fallope)
• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see podwiązywać jajowody impf, podwiązać jajowody pf
• Spanish: ligarse las trompas