noun
- Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles.
- synonyms: emasculation
- Surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men. )
- usage: "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
- The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.
- synonyms: expurgation
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