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castration

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: castration

1
 n
surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
2
 n
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: castration
1

n 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, surgical procedure, surgical process
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

n neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

Synonyms:
emasculation
Type of:
altering, fixing, neutering
the sterilization of an animal
2

n the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Synonyms:
expurgation
Types:
bowdlerisation, bowdlerization
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
Type of:
deletion
the act of deleting something written or printed
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