'Castration' definitions:
Definition of 'castration'
(from WordNet)
noun
Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn: castration, emasculation]
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"
noun
The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work [syn: expurgation, castration]
Definition of 'Castration'
From: GCIDE
- Castration \Cas*tra"tion\, n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.] The act of castrating. [1913 Webster]