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chemical castration

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A medical treatment using an anaphrodisiacal hormonal drug to inhibit the function of a man's testes, intended to have the same effect on the sex drive as surgical castration. It is typically used on sex offenders as a punishment and/or preventative measure, or on people wishing to undergo male-to-female transsexualism.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 化學閹割 /化学阉割 (huàxué yāngē) — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
  • Finnish: kemiallinen kastraatio — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
  • French: castration chimique — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
  • Korean: 화학적 거세 (hwahakjeok geose) — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
  • Malayalam: രാസഷണ്ഡീകരണം (rāsaṣaṇḍīkaraṇaṁ) — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
  • Polish: kastracja chemiczna — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes
  • Spanish: castración química — medical treatment to inhibit the function of a man's testes