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Castration

nounid 26105·updated May 18, 2026
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surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

polysemous

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synonym
emasculationexpurgation
plural
Castrations
possessive
Castration's
pluralpossessive
Castrations'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
§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)
§3
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

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