English noun: castration | |||
1. | castration (act) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | ||
Synonyms | emasculation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | altering, fixing, neutering | ||
2. | castration (act) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) | ||
Samples | Bilateral castration results in sterilization. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | ||
3. | castration (act) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | ||
Synonyms | expurgation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deletion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization | ||