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hemicastrate

hemicastrate noun: a semicastrated animal.

Noun

hemicastrate (plural hemicastrates)

  1. A semicastrated animal.
    • The percentage of cells incorporating ³H-thymidine was greater in hemicastrates than in controls at 8 hours, 1, 2, and 4 days after surgery and returned to normal thereafter.1993, Claude Desjardins, Larry L. Ewing, Cell and Molecular Biology of the Testis

Forms of hemicastrate

pluralhemicastrates

Origin of hemicastrate

From hemi- + castrate.

Questions about hemicastrate

What does hemicastrate mean?
Hemicastrate means a semicastrated animal.
What part of speech is hemicastrate?
Hemicastrate is a noun.
What is the plural of hemicastrate?
The plural of hemicastrate is hemicastrates.

Words near hemicastrate in the dictionary

  1. hemicarbonic acids
  2. hemicardia
  3. hemicardias
  4. hemicarp
  5. hemicarps
  6. hemicastrate
  7. hemicastrated
  8. hemicastrates
  9. hemicastration
  10. hemicatenane
  11. hemicatenanes

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