(v. t.) To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
(v. t.) To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Intact rams exhibited GH secretory episodes of greater (P less than 0.01) amplitude than did castrated lambs.
(2) Positive feedback effects on serum gonadotrophins in castrates were observed following injection of certain doses of some steroids.
(3) In contrast, castration during pseudopregnancy did not abolish the secondary peaks.
(4) No specific labeling could be detected in the adrenocorticotrophs of adrenalectomized rats or gonadotrophs (castration cells) of castrated rats.
(5) In a final experiment, prostatic atrophy in castrate rats was not enhanced by either adrenalectomy or flutamide treatment.
(6) Castrated rams did not show this increase, with or without supplementary testosterone.
(7) Naloxone also prevented testosterone's negative feedback inhibition of serum LH in the castrated male rat.
(8) Moreover, the levels of these parameters were comparable in tumours whether implanted in non-castrated or gonadectomized animals.
(9) Castration of male rats results in a decrease in submandibular gland RSKG-7 mRNA, which can be restored to the normal level by treatment with thyroxine or testosterone.
(10) In vivo administration of anti-EGF antibody or anti-TGF-alpha antibody significantly reduced estrogen-induced labelling index in castrated mouse uterus.
(11) In castrates, the prostatic stroma became thickened, with a large increase in fibrous material between and surrounding each acinus, although smooth muscle cells retained their normal cytology.
(12) Median survival was significantly prolonged in primed animals 191 vs 40 days for untreated animals and 150 days for the nonprimed castration + chemotherapy animals (P less than 0.02).
(13) Adreno-cortical compensation of the concentration of the hormone did not occur in the post-castration period.
(14) Rat dorsal prostate epithelium was studied in intact adult animals, in animals castrated for three days and in rats after inhibition of prolactin secretion.
(15) The ability of melatonin to influence LH pulse frequency in entire and castrated rams indicated that an effect of melatonin on the hypothalamic pulse generator is independent of testicular steroids.
(16) The treatment with supraphysiological doses of the gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue Buserelin results in the suppression of serum testosterone to castration range with a probability of 95% after 28 days.
(17) To determine the effect of photoperiod on substance P, peptide containing neurons were counted in (1) enucleates (n = 6), (2) enucleated castrates treated with testosterone (n = 6), (3) castrates treated with testosterone (n = 4), and (4) intact controls (n = 6).
(18) In addition, there was a marginally significant (P less than 0.1) relationship between prolactin secretion in the castrate ram and the stage of testicular activity in the entire rams with elevated levels associated with regressed activity.
(19) In terms of total cellular receptor content, initial levels were higher in castrate animals, but rapidly fell to intact levels within an hour following estradiol injection.
(20) The effect of naloxone administration on the LH-RH secretion in hypophyseal portal blood and LH secretion in peripheral blood was studied in four short term castrated rams (between 2 to 4 days after castration).
Neuter
Definition:
(a.) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
(a.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
(a.) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
(a.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
(n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
(n.) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
(n.) An intransitive verb.
(n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Monti introduced balanced budgets into the Italian constitution, effectively neutering its provisions for social need's precedence over market imperatives.
(2) And, hey, until Friday morning, most surveillance reform advocates were worried about the Senate ramming through the currently neutered version of the USA Freedom Act as its fig leaf of reform, before going back to business as usual and proposing bills that will give the NSA more power – not less.
(3) Treatment varies with the type of aggressive behavior but may include neutering, desensitization and counter-conditioning techniques, punishment, drug therapy, and management changes.
(4) I know it is regarded as an act of faith by some that all print journalists should be baying for BBC blood, wanting it neutered or drastically reduced.
(5) But also, how cool that you are all talking about that.’” The film has opened to mainly negative reviews, with the Guardian’s Henry Barnes feeling that the compromises Emmerich has made “ leave Stonewall feeling neutered ” while Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson called it “ alarmingly clunky ”.
(6) The White House sent draft legislative wording to the House and Senate leaders on Saturday evening, which authorised actions designed only to neuter the threat of chemical weapons or to prevent their proliferation.
(7) Direct Action climate scheme has been 'neutered', says Nick Xenophon Read more But almost all analysis suggests it would be impossible for Direct Action to meet the target the government has set for 2030 – a fall of between 26% and 28% compared with 2005 levels.
(8) An 8-year-old neutered male cat with a history of intermittent collapse and dyspnea was evaluated.
(9) This would pave the way for a neutered parliament in which the opposition could never take control.
(10) For dogs, younger dogs and male dogs were less likely to have been neutered than older dogs and female dogs.
(11) And this is the most pessimistic of all his ideas: that three decades of neoliberalism have got into people's consciousness and infected the way young people respond to poverty just as they have neutered the way politicians express themselves.
(12) But it's difficult to see how anything could neuter the weight of evidence relating to the joint UK-Libyan rendition operations of 2004: there's just so much of it.
(13) The effects of age, sex, and neutering on the prevalence of feline intestinal parasitism were evaluated by fecal examination of 1,294 cats admitted to the University of Missouri Veterinary Teaching Hospital for the 3-year period, 1974 to 1976.
(14) Opposition parties said the new rules raised serious questions about police accountability because they leave the PIRC neutered when its authority to compel officers to give interviews could be needed most.
(15) Sera from 25 males (18 intact, 7 neutered) and 14 females (7 intact, 7 spayed) were assayed.
(16) Castration or ovariectomy of Cu-deficient rats had little effect on CH or the other parameters associated with Cu deficiency, and supplementation of the neutered animals with estrogen or testosterone was similarly without effect.
(17) For both dogs and cats, infection rates were generally higher in males than in females and in those that were sexually intact, compared with those that were neutered.
(18) • The neutering of a national not-for-profit pension scheme launching in October that was supposed to benefit millions of low-paid and temporary workers.
(19) It is worth noting, for example, that around 60% of the electorate voted for parties that explicitly promised to abolish or neuter Duncan Smith’s unpopular bedroom tax, and the squeezed middle are yet to feel the impact of potential further cuts to tax credits and child benefit.
(20) In situations where human preference is most likely to occur, neutering risk is also high.