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Castration

//kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of removing the testicles. countable, uncountable

    "Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture."

  2. 2
    the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work wordnet
  3. 3
    Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity. countable, figuratively, uncountable
  4. 4
    surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) wordnet
  5. 5
    neutering a male animal by removing the testicles wordnet

Etymology

From castrate + -ion.

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