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去雄,修正,阉割
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Castration \Cas*tra"tion\, n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.]
The act of castrating.
资料来源 : WordNet®
castration
n 1: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn: {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}]