Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun castration

3 senses of castration

Sense 1
castration, emasculation -- (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)
       => neutering, fixing, altering -- (the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering")

Sense 2
castration -- (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")
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")

Sense 3
expurgation, castration -- (the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work)
       => deletion -- (the act of deleting something written or printed)