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eviration
evirationObsolete, the act of castrating.See also: Punishmenteviration
ev·i·ra·tion (ev'i-rā'shŭn, ē-vī-rā'shŭn), 1. Synonym(s): emasculation2. Loss or absence of the masculine, with acquisition of feminine characteristics; a type of effemination. 3. Delusional belief of a man that he has become a woman. [L. e, out, + vir, man] eviration An obsolete term for the removal of a man’s masculinity, either physically (by castration) or by functionally countering his manhood through ridicule and other forms of emasculation.eviration (ē″vī-rā′shŭn) [L. e, out, + vir, man] 1. Castration.2. In psychiatry, delusion in a man who thinks he has become a woman. |