castration
(kas-trā′shŏn)
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[L. castratio, emasculation, gelding]
1. Excision of the testicles or ovaries. Also called “surgical castration.”
2. Destruction or inactivation of the gonads.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Castration." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751078/all/castration.
Castration. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751078/all/castration. Accessed November 4, 2024.
Castration. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751078/all/castration
Castration [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751078/all/castration.
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