castration

Meanings

Plural: castrations

Noun

• neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
• 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"
• the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
• The act of removing the testicles.
• Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Synonyms

emasculation, expurgation, orchiectomy

Related Words

castrate, castrati, desex, emasculation, geld, neuter, spay, testiclectomy