Look up: Castration


  1. castration
    [n] - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles 2. [n] - surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=castration

  2. Castration
    Castration: Removal of the sex glands, usually used to indicate removal of the male testicles.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=11102

  3. Castration
    Cas·tra'tion noun [ Latin castratio ; confer French castration .] The act of castrating.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/33

  4. castration
    The removal of the gonads or their destruction as by radiation or parasites. ... Origin: L. Castratio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?castration

  5. castration
    emasculation noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=castration

  6. castration
    (kas-tra´shәn) excision of the gonads (bilateral orchiectomy in a male or bilateral oophorectomy in a female), or destruction of the gonads, as by radiation or parasites. If this occurs before puberty, secondary sex characters will fail to develop. See also eunuch. female castration ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Castration
    • (n.) The act of castrating.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/castration/

  8. castration
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    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/35

  9. castration
    (L. castratio) removal of the gonads, or their destruction as by radiation or parasites.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio15.html

  10. castration
    castration 1. The removal of the gonads, or their destruction as by radiation, parasites, or other physical removal. 2. Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles; emasculation. 3. The surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer ...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/387/

  11. Castration
    Castration (also referred to as gelding, spaying, neutering, fixing, orchiectomy, oophorectomy) is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries. ==Humans== The practice of castration has its roots b...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration



  1. castration
    1. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
    2. surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

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  2. Castration
    The removal of the testicles or ovaries. The procedure is usually done if the testicles or ovaries have been infected with a disease. A patient undergoing cancer treatment may be castrated.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/C/2

  3. castration
    castration, removal of the sex glands of an animal, i.e., testes in the male, or ovaries and often the uterus in the female. Castration of the female animal is commonly referred to as spaying. Castration results in sterility, decreased sexual desire, and inhibition of secondary sex characteristics. ...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0810792.html

  4. Castration
    Removal of the testicles. The act of gelding. When this act is maliciously performed upon a man, it is a mayhem and punishable as such, although the sufferer consented to it.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c214.htm

  5. Castration
    Castration is the act of depriving a male animal of the testicles. It is practised on domestic animals (as oxen, horses, cats and dogs) with the object of rendering them more submissive and docile, etc. Men who are castrated are known as eunuchs.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AC.HTM

  6. castration
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kas-trā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Removal of the testicles or ovaries. See: castration complex, castrate
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=14909

  7. castration
    Removal of the sex glands (either ovaries or testes). Male domestic animals may be castrated to prevent reproduction, to make them larger or more docile, or to eradicate disease. Castration of humans was used in ancient and medieval times and occasionally later to preserve the treble voice of boy si...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0016726.html

  8. CASTRATION
    Surgical removal of the testes; sterilization of the male.
    Found op http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=C

  9. Castration
    neutering of male dog (removal of testicles)
    Found op http://www.terricom.com/shihtzu/CanineTerminology.html

  10. Castration
    Removal of the testicles of the male animal
    Found op http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/HorseGlossary.html

  11. castration
    Removal or destruction of the testicles or ovaries using radiation, surgery, or drugs. Medical castration refers to the use of drugs to suppress the function of the ovaries or testicles.
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=C

  12. castration
    1) Altering 2) Emasculation 3) Fixing 4) Neutering
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/castration/1

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