 castration |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine,surgery) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) | |
| Examples: | "bilateral castration results in sterilization" |
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| Related terms: | operation alter | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent | |
| Synonyms: | expurgation bowdlerisation bowdlerization | |
| Related terms: | deletion bowdlerize bowdlerize | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (medicine,surgery) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | |
| Synonyms: | emasculation | |
| Related terms: | neutering emasculate | |
| Similar spelling: |
castrato castrate Castrillo Castrejon castrated Castrellon cassiterite Castries Castruita Castroism Castorena |
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