Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemical castration

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: chem-i-cal -cas-tra-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

chemical castrations (plural)

Questions

What does chemical castration mean?: A 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.

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