Ovariectomize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the ovaries from. transitive

    "Males castrated at birth are smaller (Field et al., 1997a ), and females ovariectomized at birth are larger than their intact male and female counterparts (Field et al., 2004 )."

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"Males castrated at birth are smaller (Field et al., 1997a ), and females ovariectomized at birth are larger than their intact male and female counterparts (Field et al., 2004 )."

Etymology

From ovariectomy + -ize.

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