“in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized”
- Synonyms:
- desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex
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alter, castrate, neuter, spay
remove the ovaries of
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castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate
remove the testicles of a male animal
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vasectomise, vasectomize
remove the vas deferens
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defeminise, defeminize
remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
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caponise, caponize
convert a cock into a capon
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cut, geld
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
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operate, operate on
perform surgery on
