Preferred Name

castration
Synonyms
Definitions

Surgical removal or artificial destruction of gonads. Note that the connotation of "castration" is negative and may not always represent the state of the individual person post-castration. Use less stigmatizing words when current status is unknown, especially if "castration" is medical in nature. Use "emasculation" for removal of a cisgender man's testicles and penis. Use "orchiectomy" or "penectomy" for transgender women.

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001695

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Note that the connotation of "castration" is negative and may not always represent the state of the individual person post-castration. Use less stigmatizing words when current status is unknown, especially if "castration" is medical in nature.

Use "emasculation" for removal of a cisgender man's testicles and penis. Use "orchiectomy" or "penectomy" for transgender women.

definition

Surgical removal or artificial destruction of gonads.

has database cross reference

https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/Castration

identifier

https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000241

https://homosaurus.org/terms/castration

http://homosaurus.org/v2/castration

is referenced by

http://web.archive.org/web/20201115050831/https://www.translanguageprimer.org/primer

http://web.archive.org/web/20210122190746/https://questioningmyexistance.wordpress.com/trans-abbreviationstermsslang/

https://books.google.com/books/?id=ymkYAAAAIAAJ

https://books.google.com/books/?id=2VQkAQAAMAAJ

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castration

prefixIRI

GSSO:001695

prefLabel

castration

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001694

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