castration

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noun

1. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
• Syn:
emasculation
• Derivationally related forms:
emasculate (for: emasculation), castrate
• Hypernyms:
neutering, fixing, altering
2. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
castrate
• Hypernyms:
operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
3. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
• Syn:
expurgation
• Derivationally related forms:
castrate, expurgate (for: expurgation)
• Hypernyms:
deletion
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerization, bowdlerisation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  expurgation, emasculation