Castration

[kæs'treʃən]

Definition

(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.

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Definition

(n.) The act of castrating.

Typist: Sean

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Orchotomy.

Editor: Shelton