castration
pronunciation
How to pronounce castration in British English:
UK [kæ'streɪʃn]
How to pronounce castration in American English:
US [kæ'streɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
- surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
- the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Word Origin
- castration (n.)
- early 15c., castracioun, from Latin castrationem (nominative castratio), noun of action from past participle stem of castrare "to castrate, emasculate," supposedly from a noun *castrum "knife, instrument that cuts," from PIE root *kes- "to cut" (see caste). Freud's castration complex is attested from 1914 in English (translating German Kastrationsangst).
Example
- 1. He was given experimental chemical castration as a " treatment " .
- 2. The scientists say ending pig castration could thus make some pork unpalatable to people with the common genes construct .
- 3. Council of europe says czechs should abolish it castration law for sex offenders
- 4. Rights group calls to ban czech castration law
- 5. And someone started leaving chopped-up sausages on his car , a possible reference to castration .