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castration

/ castration /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
"bilateral castration results in sterilization"
Type of:
operation surgery surgical operation
Derived:
alter neuter spay castrate
noun Sense 2
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
Type of:
neutering fixing altering
Derived:
emasculate castrate demasculinize demasculinise
noun Sense 3
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Type of:
deletion
Kinds of:
bowdlerization bowdlerisation
Derived:
bowdlerize bowdlerise expurgate castrate shorten
Semantic Complexity
86%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
22
Times Searched
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operation surgery surgical operation neutering fixing altering deletion bowdlerization bowdlerisation