c 3 a 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
noun surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
noun the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
originEtymology tree English castrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English castration From castrate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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