slovo | definícia |
castration (encz) | castration,kastrace Josef Kosek |
Castration (gcide) | Castration \Cas*tra"tion\, n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.]
The act of castrating.
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castration (wn) | castration
n 1: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn:
castration, 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, castration] |
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castration (encz) | castration,kastrace Josef Kosek |
castration anxiety (encz) | castration anxiety, n: |
Semicastration (gcide) | Semicastrate \Sem`i*cas"trate\, v. t.
To deprive of one testicle. -- Sem`i*cas*tra"tion,n.
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castration (wn) | castration
n 1: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn:
castration, 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, castration] |
castration anxiety (wn) | castration anxiety
n 1: (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined
threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only
to men but can in principle apply to women |
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