cas·trate (k s tr t )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. [Latin castr re, castrt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]cas trat·er, castra·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. |  castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary workdeletion - 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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