(v. t.) A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male.
(p. pr. a. & vb. n.) from Geld, v. t.
Example Sentences:
(1) A 5-year-old Thoroughbred gelding was examined because of a small axillary wound sustained 5 days earlier and had resulted in extensive subcutaneous emphysema.
(2) Experiment 1 was designed to determine the diurnal variation of glucose and two glucoregulatory hormones, insulin and cortisol, in four fasting geldings.
(3) Geldings from Cd-exposed living areas accumulated insignificantly more Cd in liver, kidneys and hair than mares.
(4) There were more male horses (stallions and geldings) than mares.
(5) This occurrence of problem behavior was not significantly different from the occurrence of these behavioral patterns in 46 geldings that had been castrated as stallions (over 3 years of age).
(6) The possibility of seasonal variation in the feedback effect of testosterone or oestradiol was investigated by giving replacement treatment to geldings for 2-3 weeks during breeding and non-breeding seasons.
(7) In the present paper, it is shown that: (1) this tumor contains glucocorticoid receptors, (2) its growth is also inhibited by treatment with dexamethasone (Dex), and (3) the growth rate of a cell line and several clones established from the tumor is negatively controlled by Dex 10(-7) M in culture medium containing 10% gelding serum.
(8) 1, semen was collected from 8 geldings every other day after castration until the number of spermatozoa per ejaculate was below 1% of the precastration value.
(9) Two-dimensional real-time echocardiographic examination of a 3-year-old Thoroughbred gelding with pleuropneumonia revealed an intact aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva, which was confirmed at postmortem examination.
(10) Uroperitoneum as a sequela to urethral calculus in an adult gelding was successfully managed by use of subischial urethrotomy and abdominal drainage.
(11) A case of colic in a Haflinger gelding is reported.
(12) Necropsy of a chronically lame 16-year-old thoroughbred gelding revealed granulomatous osteomyelitis and polyarthritis due to a widely disseminated infection by Micronema deletrix.
(13) Ciliates resembling Polymorphella ampulla (Dogiel, 1929) were found in large numbers in the crypts and lamina propria of the caecum and colon of a one-year-old Thoroughbred gelding that had shown recurring bouts of chronic diarrhoea and weight loss over a 5-month period.
(14) A fractured right supraglenoid tubercle in a 15-month-old Thoroughbred gelding was repaired by partial biceps brachii tenotomy, interfragmentary compression, and tension band wiring.
(15) Geldings were at a higher risk of developing sarcoids in comparison with stallions.
(16) The Ballarat-trained gelding started as a rank outsider yet made light of the 100-1 odds with a late move down the home straight, holding off the fast-finishing Max Dynamite, ridden by Frankie Dettori, by three-quarters of a length to secure victory.
(17) A well-circumscribed proliferative mass was protruding from the body of the mandible of a 4-year-old Appaloosa gelding.
(18) No significant sex difference was found between colts, geldings and fillies.
(19) A 16-year-old gelding was examined because of weight loss, inappetence, and intermittent fever of 2 months' duration.
(20) A 5-year-old Appaloosa gelding was presented with a history of intermittent multiple joint swelling, weight loss, and anemia.
Orchiectomy
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Example Sentences:
(1) However, the presence of these two molecules was restored if testosterone was supplemented immediately after orchiectomy.
(2) Right orchiectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for embryonal carcinoma had been performed 5 years earlier.
(3) The lesion presented as a discrete, palpable mass that led to orchiectomy.
(4) Two patients in S group (8.7%) relapsed at 4 and 7 months after orchiectomy with nonbulky retroperitoneal disease (less than 5 cm in diameter), whereas only 1 (3.7%) irradiated patients did so after 4 months.
(5) We report a retrospective review of our experience with close observation after orchiectomy in clinical stage I nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) of the testis during a 10-year period.
(6) We currently recommend radical orchiectomy and extended unilateral retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy.
(7) We report here in the interim analysis of an ongoing randomized clinical trial designed to test whether androgen priming enhances tumor chemosensitivity in men with stage D prostate cancer refractory to orchiectomy.
(8) However, the initial rapid decrease in serum testosterone and the striking positive clinical effect may possibly be utilized combined with orchiectomy or treatment with LHRH agonist analogues.
(9) The Authors describe an orchiectomy in an adult and a simple enucleation of the cyst in a young man; in the end the Authors draw their conclusion.
(10) An 81-year-old man with a painless enlargement of the right testis which developed 11 years ago was treated with right orchiectomy without any combined therapy in 1981.
(11) The patient showed spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastasis and is well 7 years after orchiectomy and irradiation of abdominal lymph nodes.
(12) We believe that "watchful waiting" after high orchiectomy alone is the best modality for all cases of stage 1 yolk sac tumor of the infantile testis.
(13) In patients with clinical stage I disease for whom a wait-and-see policy after orchiectomy is adopted at our institute both methods must be considered mandatory.
(14) Radical inguinal orchiectomy is standard treatment for a firm, intratesticular mass.
(15) Of 16 postpubertal patients evaluated following testicular torsion 9 were treated with detorsion and bilateral orchiopexy (detorsion group), and 7 were treated with ipsilateral orchiectomy and contralateral orchiopexy (orchiectomy group).
(16) The patient underwent right orchiectomy on December 23, 1987.
(17) Two-thirds of the patients with recurrence received hormonal therapy, including bilateral orchiectomy.
(18) Right radical orchiectomy was done and histological examination revealed malignant lymphoma of the testis (diffuse lymphoma, mixed type).
(19) Race, stage at initial diagnosis, prior radiation therapy, prior orchiectomy, and elevation of CEA had no prognostic association.
(20) 85% of these cases, reported in the literature, are treated with an orchiectomy.