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castration Noun

— Castration is the removal of the testicles of a male animal.

castration

— noun 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

— noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

— noun (= expurgation) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

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emasculation

gelding

sterilization

expurgation

enervation

castrate

unsex

sterility

sterilisation

spay

pare

neutering

eviration

emasculation of animals

caponizing

barrenness

asexualization

altering