Hemicastrate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A semicastrated animal.

    "The percentage of cells incorporating ³H-thymidine was greater in hemicastrates than in controls at 8 hours, 1, 2, and 4 days after surgery and returned to normal thereafter."

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"The percentage of cells incorporating ³H-thymidine was greater in hemicastrates than in controls at 8 hours, 1, 2, and 4 days after surgery and returned to normal thereafter."

Etymology

From hemi- + castrate.

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