Engelsk substantiv: castration |
1. | castration (om handling) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | emasculation |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | altering, fixing, neutering |
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2. | castration (om handling) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Bilateral castration results in sterilization.
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process |
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3. | castration (om handling) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | expurgation |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | deletion |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization |
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