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CASTRATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Synonyms:

castration; expurgation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("castration" is a kind of...):

deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "castration"):

bowdlerisation; bowdlerization (the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent)

Derivation:

castrate (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

Example:

bilateral castration results in sterilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("castration" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Derivation:

castrate (remove the ovaries of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

Synonyms:

castration; emasculation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("castration" is a kind of...):

altering; fixing; neutering (the sterilization of an animal)

Derivation:

castrate (remove the testicles of a male animal)

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