desex
[dee-seks]
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verb (used with object)
Veterinary Surgery. to castrate or spay.
to deprive of sex, sex appeal, or sexual interest.
to remove elements of sexism from; degenderize: a campaign to desex business writing.
Origin of desex
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When it becomes necessary to desex men, the resulting condition is infantile, not female.
Taboo and GeneticsMelvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
desex
[dē-sĕks′]
v.
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