What is the meaning of irreducible manifolds

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According to Wikipedia,

An irreducible $n$-manifold, is one in which any embedded $(n − 1)$-sphere bounds an embedded $n$-ball.

What I understand from this definition is,

if $\Bbb S^{n-1}$ is a embedded submanifold of $M$ then there is a $n$-ball such that $\partial B_n=\Bbb S^{n-1}$.

is this correct? I don't know why I think this happen always. i.e. such $B_n$ exists always. Is there any $2$-dimensional example of irreducible $2$-manifold for better understanding?

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For the sake of providing this with an answer, there are various counter examples. The punctured plane is one, as Wojowu says in the comments.

We also have $\mathbb{R}^3 \backslash \{0\}$, and other similar cases. $T^2$ is another good example for a $2$-dimensional case.