Castration - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Castration :  (noun)
1: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn: emasculation]
2: 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: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work [syn: expurgation]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Castration : \Cas*tra"tion\, n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.] The act of castrating.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Castration :  Castration: Removal of the sex glands, usually used to indicate removal of the male testicles.



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Castration

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