Definition of desex Desex

de•sex

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Verb

desexes, desexing, desexed  

desex - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
  sterilize, sterilise, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
  operate on, operate perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
  neuter, spay, castrate, alter remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
  demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate remove the testicles of a male animal
  vasectomise, vasectomize remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control"
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  • desex
    To remove the testicles (and sometimes penis) of a male animal or to render the testicles unfunctional.

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  • desex, verb, present, 1st person singular of desex (infinitive).
  • desex, verb (infinitive).

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