castration

Noun
  1. Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles (synset 100693602)
    is a type of: altering, fixing, neutering - the sterilization of an animal
    same as: 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) (synset 100669090)
    "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
    is a type of: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  3. The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (synset 100397818)
    is a type of: deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed
    subtypes: bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
    same as: expurgation

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