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elastration

elastration noun: the removal of the scrotum or the tail of male livestock by cutting off the blood supply with an elastic ring.

Noun

elastration (uncountable)

  1. The removal of the scrotum or the tail of male livestock by cutting off the blood supply with an elastic ring.

Origin of elastration

Blend of elastic + castration.

Questions about elastration

What does elastration mean?
Elastration means the removal of the scrotum or the tail of male livestock by cutting off the blood supply with an elastic ring.
What part of speech is elastration?
Elastration is a noun.

Words near elastration in the dictionary

  1. elastoviscoplastic
  2. elastoviscoplasticity
  3. elastoviscosities
  4. elastoviscosity
  5. elastoviscous
  6. elastration
  7. elastrator
  8. elastrators
  9. Elat
  10. elatch
  11. elatches

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