castration

Words with a similar base: castration

'castration'

[castration.n.01] as in: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

'castration'

[castration.n.02] as in: 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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Examples:
bilateral castration results in sterilization

'castration'

[expurgation.n.01] as in: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work