Medical term:
emasculation
emasculation
[e-mas″ku-la´shun]bilateral orchiectomy.
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e·mas·cu·la·tion
(ē-mas'kyū-lā'shŭn), Do not confuse this word with emaculation.Castration of the male by removal of the testes or penis.
Synonym(s): eviration (1)
[L. emasculo, pp. -atus, to castrate, fr. e- priv. + masculus, masculine]
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e·mas·cu·la·tion
(ē-mas'kyū-lā'shŭn)Castration of the male by removal of the testes and/or penis.
[L. emasculo, pp. -atus, to castrate, fr. e- priv. + masculus, masculine]
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emasculation
- (in plants) the removal of stamens from hermaphrodite flowers before pollen is liberated, thus enabling artificial CROSS-POLLINATION.
- (in animals) (also called
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