castration C1 Topic:Animals US /kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #34865 Meanings 1 noun 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. 2 noun The act of removing the testicles. Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture. 3 noun the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work 4 noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · the deletion of... expurgation 4 noun · neutering a male animal by... emasculation More orchiectomy Word family Derived forms anti-castrationautocastrationcashtrationelastrationhemicastrationimmunocastrationpostcastrationsemicastration Related forms castratecastratidesexemasculationgeldneuterspaytesticlectomy Common collocations castration anxiety Noun + noun Etymology From castrate + -ion. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # castration **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 34865 ## Meanings 1. surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) 2. The act of removing the testicles. 3. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work 4. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles ## Examples - Bilateral castration results in sterilization. - Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture. ## Synonyms - orchiectomy ## Derived Forms - anti-castration - autocastration - cashtration - elastration - hemicastration - immunocastration - postcastration - semicastration ## Related Forms - castrate - castrati - desex - emasculation - geld - neuter - spay - testiclectomy ## Etymology From castrate + -ion. ## Topics - Animals markdown