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Castration
Castration
(also known as
gonadectomy
) is any action,
surgical
,
chemical
, or otherwise, by which a biological
male
loses use of the
testicles
. Surgical castration is bilateral
orchiectomy
(excision of both testes), and
chemical castration
uses
pharmaceutical drugs
to inactivate the testes. Castration causes
sterilization
(i.e., prevents them from
reproducing
); it also greatly reduces the production of certain
hormones
, such as
testosterone
. Surgical castration in animals is often called
neutering
.
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