Castration - Definition
castration
n 1: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn:
castration, emasculation]
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); "bilateral castration results in
sterilization"
3: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
[syn: expurgation, castration]