castration

Other forms: castrations

Definitions of castration

1. noun

   surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
   “bilateral castration results in sterilization”

   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
2. noun

   neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
   synonyms: emasculation

   type of:

   altering, fixing, neutering

   the sterilization of an animal
3. noun

   the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
   synonyms: expurgation

   types:

   bowdlerisation, bowdlerization

   the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent

   type of:

   deletion

   the act of deleting something written or printed