Meanings
nounchemical castration (countable and uncountable, plural chemical castrations)
plural chemical castrations
- countableuncountableA medical treatment using an anaphrodisiacal hormonal drug to inhibit the function of a man's testes, intended to have the same effect on the sex drive as surgical castration. It is typically used on sex offenders as a punishment and/or preventative measure, or on people wishing to undergo male-to-female transsexualism.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 化學閹割 /化学阉割
- 化學閹割 /化学阉割 (huàxué yāngē)medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
Finnish kemiallinen kastraatio
- kemiallinen kastraatiomedical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
French castration chimique
- castration chimiquemedical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
Korean 화학적 거세
- 화학적 거세 (hwahakjeok geose)medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
Polish kastracja chemiczna
- kastracja chemicznamedical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
Spanish castración química
- castración químicamedical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
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Chicago
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