(n) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men), Example: bilateral castration results in sterilization
(n) (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating. ] [ L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra knife. ] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. [ 1913 Webster ]
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., properly p. p. of castrare. See Castrate. ] A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
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