castration
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
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