castration

cas·trate  (kstrt)

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.

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[Latin castrre, castrt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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castrat·er, castra·tor n.

cas·tration n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	castration - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles emasculation altering, neutering, fixing - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
	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.	castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work expurgation deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent

Translations

castration [kæsˈtreɪʃən] N → castración f

castration [ˌkæˈstreɪʃ^ən] n [man, animal] → castration f

castration

n → Kastration f

castration [kæsˈtreɪʃ/ən] n → castrazione f

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castration [kæsˈtreɪʃ/ən] n → castrazione f