00667847-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)';
 
Chinese (simplified) 除去 第一 性徵 , 除去第一性徵 , 阉割
English castration ( ⊳ )
Italian castrazione , evirazione , castratura
Japanese 去勢
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
（一般に女性の乳癌あるいは男性の前立腺癌の場合にホルモン分泌を抑制するための）睾丸あるいは卵巣の外科的な除去
― 両方を去勢すると不妊となる
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Hypernym: operation
Semantic Field: actn
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