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e·mas·cu·late

 (ĭ-măs′kyə-lāt′)
tr.v. e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing, e·mas·cu·lates
1. To castrate.
2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
adj. (-lĭt)
Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.
[Latin ēmasculāre, ēmasculāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + masculus, male, diminutive of mās, male, man.]
e·mas′cu·la′tion n.
e·mas′cu·la′tive, e·mas′cu·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.
e·mas′cu·la′tor n.
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(2007) observed that the use of emasculator techniques resulted in faster healing and less pain in the long-term, whereas RR induced discomfort equivalent to orchiectomy, with painful response to local palpation for up to 30 days.
Systemic inflammatory and stress markers in cattle and sheep submitted to different reproductive procedures/ Marcadores sistemicos de inflamacao e estresse em bovinos e ovinos submetidos a diferentes procedimentos reprodutivos
The spermatic cord is transected using an emasculator or is ligated with heavy absorbable suture and severed distal to the ligature.
Cirugias del tracto reproductivo del macho, salvando su capacidad reproductiva
In the surgical method, the testis is removed by cutting with the help of an emasculator. In the bloodless method, testes are atrophied by applying pressure on the funiculus spermaticus (Aslanbey and Candas, 1987).
The Effect of Chemical and Surgical Castration on the Live Weight Gain and some Hormones of Male Norduz Sheep
This paper report the cases of eight cart horses, without specific breed, with age ranging from 3 to 10 years, and weigh from 190 to 358kg, which after clinical exam were submitted to orchiectomy using emasculator in standing position, under neuroleptic analgesia with acepromazine (0,05 mg/kg) and after fifteen minutes xylazine (0,5 mg/kg), both intravenously (IV), and local analgesia (lidocaine), as described by Finger et al.
Autohemotherapy at acupuncture points post orchiectomy surgery in cart horses--eight cases report/Autohemoterapia en puntos de acupuntura en el postoperatorio de orquiectomias en equinos de traccion de carroza--reporte de ocho casos/Auto-hemoterapia em pontos de acupuntura nos posoperatorios de orquiectomias de equinos carroceiros--relato de oito casos
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