castration

nouns

neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
castration, emasculation
is derived from
castrate
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"
castration
is derived from
castrate
is a type of (narrower)
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"
operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
castration, expurgation
is derived from
castrate