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Definitions: Castration |
CastrationNoun1. Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "castration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Castration \Cas*tra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression castratio; compare to French castration.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Surgical removal or artificial destruction of gonads. (references) |
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Synonym: CastrationSynonym: emasculation (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Castration |
| English words defined with "castration": castration anxiety ♦ Eviration ♦ feminisation, feminization. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "castration": Anxiety, Castration ♦ bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis, bovine respiratory disease, bovine respiratory disease complex ♦ Koro ♦ medical castration ♦ pneumonic pasteurellosis ♦ surgical castration ♦ transit fever, transit pneumonia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Castration" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (castration, gelding). |
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Screenplays | Oh, come on Donny, they were threatening castration! (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Oh, Women's Lib do not automatically mean castration. (Bananas; writing credit: Woody Allen; Mickey Rose) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Roping a bull for castration.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Monastic incarceration is castration. |
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| "Castration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Castration" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "castration": castration anxiety ♦ medical castration ♦ surgical castration. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "castration": post-castration, self-castration. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
castration | 726 | archive castration story | 12 |
castration story | 110 | castration eunuch picture | 12 |
castration human | 81 | castration video | 12 |
castration picture | 74 | boy castration | 12 |
self castration | 56 | castration dog | 11 |
chemical castration | 53 | castration picture self | 11 |
male castration | 49 | castration forced | 11 |
castration eunuch | 28 | castration penectomy | 11 |
castration man | 27 | castration movie | 11 |
castration photo | 27 | castration testicle | 11 |
fem dom castration | 24 | ball busting castration | 10 |
castration surgical | 23 | bull castration | 10 |
female castration | 23 | castration tool | 9 |
castration horse | 22 | castration surgery | 9 |
castration pic | 21 | castration penis | 9 |
by castration woman | 19 | castration human male picture | 9 |
castration male picture | 18 | castration slave | 8 |
human male castration | 17 | castration gay | 8 |
castration human picture | 15 | castration male photo | 8 |
castration fantasy | 15 | castration horse testicle | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "castration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tredhje (emasculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تشوه (castrate, deform, disfiguration, distortion, malformation), خصي (emasculation, gelding, orchid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кастрация. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 宫刑. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kleštìní, kastrace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | castratio, kastrering, kastration (altering, emasculation, neutering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | castratie (altering, emasculation, neutering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اخته کردن (Castrate, Emasculate, Geld, Mutilate, Neuter), اختگی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuohitseminen, kastraatio (emasculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | castration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kastration (altering, neutering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευνουχισμός (altering, emasculation, neutering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סריסות (eunuchism), סרוס (distortion, emasculation, gelding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiherélés (emasculation), kasztrálás (emasculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengebirian (emasculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | castrazione (altering, neutering, tipping, topping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 腐刑 , 去勢 (enervation), 断種 (sterilization), 性腺摘除 , 宮刑 (confinement in a palace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きゅうけい (arched, bow-shaped, break, bulb, confinement in a palace, crescent-shaped, globular or spherical shape, intermission, old style, old type, onion, prosecution, recess, rest, segment), きょせい (big shot, bluff, enervation, giant star, great man), ふけい (agnate, blasphemy, disrespect, guardians, impiety, irreverence, parents and older brothers, policewoman, prefectural police, profanity), せいせ"てきじょ, "しゅ (sterilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 거세 (Castrating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spoiy (castrate, emasculate, emasculation, geld, gelding, neuter, spay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astrationcay castração (altering, castrate, embalm, gelding, neutering). (various references) castrare (emasculation, gelding), jugãnire (gelding), expurgare, emasculare. (various references) кастрация. (various references) kastracija (emasculation). (various references) castración (altering, emasculation, gelding, neutering, oophorectomy, ovariectomy, spaying). (various references) kastrering (emasculation). (various references) iğdiş etme, hadım etme (emasculation, spado). (various references) скорочення (abatement, abbreviation, abridgement, abridgment, ax, axe, cancellation, contraction, curtailment, cutback, pruning, retraction, retrenchment), краяння, кастрація (emasculation, orchotomy), вирізування (cutting, excision), вихолощування (emasculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "castration": castrations. (additional references) | |
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"Castration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: casteratie, casteration, Castraitor, castratie, cataratie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "castration" (pronounced ka'strā"shun) |
| 7 | -s t r ā" sh u n | administration, demonstration, frustration, illustration, ministration, orchestration, prostration, registration, sequestration. |
| 6 | -t r ā" sh u n | arbitration, concentration, filtration, infiltration, nitration, penetration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | calibration, celebration, conflagration, consecration, dehydration, desecration, disintegration, duration, emigration, gyration, hydration, immigration, integration, libration, migration, narration, oration, proration, rehydration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: raincoats, tractions. | |
-2 letters: arnattos, carotins, castrati, castrato, citators, contrast, ocarinas, oscitant, raincoat, ricottas, strontia, strontic, tactions, traction, transact. | |
-3 letters: acrasin, actions, anattos, antiars, anticar, arnatto, arnicas, aroints, artisan, astatic, astrict, atonics, attains, attorns, cantors, carinas, caritas, carotin, cartons, cations, cistron, citator, citrons, contras, cortins, cottars, cratons, intorts, narcist, ocarina, octants, ostraca, rations, rattans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: abstraction, astronautic, attractions, castrations, transaction. | |
+2 letters: abstractions, altercations, anticipators, astronautics, coarctations, fractionates, intercoastal, ratiocinates, recantations, scatteration, transactions, vaticinators. | |
+3 letters: abstractional, anfractuosity, antiromantics, articulations, astronautical, contaminators, contrabandist, contrabassist, fractionators, pantisocratic, procrastinate, ratifications, ratiocinators, rationalistic, reactivations, sacrosanctity, scatterations, transactional, translocating, translocation, transthoracic. | |
+4 letters: abortifacients, abstractionism, abstractionist, accreditations, acculturations, antihistorical, antimonarchist, authenticators, bacterizations, cartelizations, cauterizations, cicatrizations, contrabandists, contrabassists, factorizations, fractionations, gratifications, intercalations, intracutaneous, matriculations, pantisocratist, participations, procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinator, ratiocinations, recontaminates, stratification, transductional, translocations, unsatisfactory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 73 74 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- ... - .-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a s t r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0073 0074 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678586846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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