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cas·tra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. castration, emasculationnoun

    neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

  2. castrationnoun

    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"

  3. expurgation, castrationnoun

    the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Wiktionary

  1. castrationnoun

    The act of removing the testicles.

  2. castrationnoun

    Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Castrationnoun

    The act of gelding.

    Etymology: from castrate.

    The largest needle should be used, in taking up the spermatick vessels in castration. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

ChatGPT

  1. castration

    Castration is a surgical or medical procedure that involves the removal or inactivation of the testes in males or ovaries in females. This process results in the loss of sexual function, reproduction ability, and the reduction or elimination of sex hormones in the body. This procedure is often used for birth control in animals or as a treatment for certain medical conditions in humans.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Castrationnoun

    the act of castrating

  2. Etymology: [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.]

Wikidata

  1. Castration

    Castration is any action, surgical, chemical or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. This causes sterilization, i.e. prevents them from reproducing; it also greatly reduces the production of certain hormones, such as testosterone. The term "castration" is sometimes also used to refer to the removal of the ovaries in the female, otherwise known as an oophorectomy or, in animals, spaying. The estrogen that the females produce becomes obsolete with this surgical procedure. The procedure may be purposely performed on humans variously as a punishment, or to decrease the libido of sex offenders. In animals, castration is intended for favouring a given desired development of the animal or of its habits, or preventing overpopulation.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Castration

    Surgical removal or artificial destruction of gonads.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CASTRATION in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CASTRATION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of CASTRATION in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    Asa Hutchinson, the lightweight RINO Governor of Arkansas, just vetoed a Bill that banned the CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF CHILDREN, bye-bye Asa,' that's the end of him!

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