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: procedure: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result → 1
Candidate hypernym: meticulousness: strict attention to minute details → 0
Candidate hypernym: nose: a natural skill → 0
Candidate hypernym: luvaridae: louvars → 0
Candidate hypernym: billy buttons: any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand → 0
Candidate hypernym: regression: returning to a former state → 0
Candidate hypernym: clip-on: a device (as an earring, sunglasses, microphone etc.) that is attached by clips → 0
Candidate hypernym: squalidae: dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin → 0
Candidate hypernym: hallucinogen: a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences → 0
Candidate hypernym: exposure: the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate → 0
Candidate hypernym: thinker: an important intellectual → 0