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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 | ||
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