castration

Definition of Castration in English :

Noun

1. castration, emasculation

neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

emasculation

2. castration

surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

Example Sentences:
'bilateral castration results in sterilization'

3. castration, expurgation

the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

expurgation

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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verb (transitive)

1.

to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld

2.

to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc

3.

to remove the ovaries of; spay

4.

to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc)

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcasˌtrated or ˈcasˌtrating

1.

a.

to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld

b. Rare

to remove the ovaries of; spay

2.

to deprive of essential virility, vigor, or significance by mutilating, expurgating, subjugating, etc.; emasculate

Castration

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tr.v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates

1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.

2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.

3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

n.

An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.

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