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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. therapeutics
  3. surgery
  4. gonadectomy
  5. castration

Término preferido

castration

Tipo

  • Topic

Definición

  • Information The surgical removal or other physical destruction of the testes of a male animal, e.g. using elastrator bands on male lambs or piglets.

    Fuente: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

Conceptos relacionados

Sinónimos

  • male castration
  • neutering
  • orchidectomy
  • orchiectomy

Nota de alcance

  • Use for surgical or other physical destruction of the testes; For male sterilization by other means USE antifertility effect AND male fertility.

En otras lenguas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/22898

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