What is another word for castrates?

Pronunciation: [kˈastɹe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Castrates refer to the process of removing the testicles of a male animal or human. Some synonyms for castrates include emasculates, neuters, gelds, spays, fixes, unman, and desex. Emasculates and neuters are used more commonly for animals, while spays and neuter are commonly used for female animals. Gelds are used mostly for male horses, while fixes, unman, and desex are commonly used for humans. The use of the word castration can be considered insensitive or offensive to some people, hence the use of synonyms can be more appropriate in certain contexts, particularly in educational and medical settings.

What are the hypernyms for Castrates?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Castrates

In castrates there is an increase in the size and number of the cells of the anterior pituitary, again a compensation or substitution effect.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
The skull and brain of castrates, animal and human, is smaller than the average.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
Among historic castrates, eunuchs, not a single example of great intellect, of the creative type, is known.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.

Famous quotes with Castrates

  • If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination.
    Mary Daly
  • The parasite has somehow evolved to turn off the host's defenses, presumably by disarming the crab's immune response with some chemical trickery that fools the host into accepting the parasite as part of itself. ...The adult parasite castrates the host, not by directly eating the gonadal tissue, but by some unknown mechanism probably involving penetration of the interna's roots around and into the crab's nervous system.
    Stephen Jay Gould

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