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castration vs surgery

surgery vs castration

castration and surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
castration Yes No No No
surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, surgery is a hypernym of castration; that is, surgery is a word with a broader meaning than castration:
  • 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)
  • surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of castration include operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
castration (noun) surgery (noun)
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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