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cas·trate
(kăs′trāt′)tr.v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates
1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.
2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.
3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.
n.
An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.
cas′trat·er, cas′tra·tor n.
cas·tra′tion n.
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Noun 1. castration - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
2. castration - 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"
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
3. [画像:castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work]castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed
bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
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castration
nounThe act or an instance of making one incapable of reproducing sexually:
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Translations
خَصْي
кастрация
kastrace
kastration
kiherélés
vönun, gelding
거세
kastrácia
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castration
n → Kastration f
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castrate
(kӕˈstreit) , ((American) ˈkӕstreit) verb to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal). The bull has been castrated. kastreer, regmaak يَخْصي кастрирам castrar (vy)kastrovat kastrieren kastrere ευνουχίζω castrar kohitsema اخته کردن kastroida castrer לְסַרֵס नपुंसक बनाना uškopiti kiherél mengebiri vana, gelda castrare 去勢する 거세하다 kastruoti kastrēt mengembiri castreren kastrere kastrować خصى كول، ټكول castrar a castra кастрировать (vy)kastrovať skopiti kastrirati kastrera ทําหมัน hadım etmek, iğdiş etmek, burmak 閹割 кастрат خصی کرنا thiến 阉割
caˈstration noun kastrasie, ontmanning خَصْي кастрация castração kastrace die Kastrierung kastration ευνουχισμός castración kohitsus اخته سازی kastrointi castration סרוס, סירוס बंध्यकरण škopljenje kiherélés pengebirian vönun, gelding castrazione 去勢 거세 kastravimas kastrēšana pengembirian castratie kastrering kastracja خصی کول castração castrare кастрация kastrácia skopitev kastracija kastrering การทําหมัน hadım, iğdiş etme, burma 閹割 кастрація خصی کرنے کا عمل sự thiến 阉割
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castration
n castración fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.