Term: castration: surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
Candidate hypernym: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body → 1
Candidate hypernym: rhamnus: type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns → 0
Candidate hypernym: taro: tropical starchy tuberous root → 0
Candidate hypernym: anthriscus: chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: wallboard: a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses → 0
Candidate hypernym: proaccelerin: a coagulation factor → 0
Candidate hypernym: quadratic equation: an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square → 0
Candidate hypernym: nectar: a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators → 0
Candidate hypernym: epanaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses → 0
Candidate hypernym: dorian: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks → 0
Candidate hypernym: open sight: rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope → 0