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surgery vs castration

castration vs surgery

surgery and castration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgery Yes No No No
castration Yes No No No
As nouns, castration is a hyponym of surgery; that is, castration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgery:
  • surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • 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 (noun) castration (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations 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 where a doctor or dentist can be consulted the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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