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Castration

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emasculationnounThe act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

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emasculationnounThe act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
orchidectomynounSynonym of orchiectomy.
prepuberalprepubertal
geldingnounA castrated male horse.
desexingnoun(transitive) To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
sterilizationnoun(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
orchiectomynoun(surgery) The surgical removal of one or both testes.
neuteringnounThe act by which something is neutered.
demasculinizationnoun(biology) The suppression of a male-orientated function by repressing male hormones
unsexingverb(transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
oophorectomynoun(medicine, surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
orchotomynoun(dated) The surgical removal of a testicle; castration.
gonadectomynoun(surgery) A procedure to remove one or more ovaries or testes.
spayingnounThe act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female.
caponizationnounThe process of caponizing.
testectomynounorchiectomy; removal of one or both testes
caponizingverb(transitive) To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
ovariectomynoun(medicine, surgery) Synonym of oophorectomy.
testiclectomynounRemoval of the testicles. (Compare castration, orchiectomy.)
orchidotomynounsurgical removal of the testicles; castration

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