| 单词 | chemical castration |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschemical castration chemical castration n. Medicine the use of drugs to lower levels of sex hormones in males, esp. in order to suppress sexual urges or to treat cancer. ΚΠ 1943 Sci. News Let. 20 Mar. 183/1 ‘Prompt and considerable improvement’ in nearly all of a group of 60 men with advanced prostatic cancer has been achieved by surgical or chemical castration, Dr. Huggins reported. 1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xx. 275 Courts..have begun to experiment with various ‘drug punishments,’ such as chemical castration for rapists, in lieu of incarceration. 1998 Independent 24 Aug. i. 1/5 The chemical castration trials involved two men..who have abstained from reoffending..after being treated with the drug goserelin acetate, which lowers testosterone levels. 2007 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 27 Apr. 14 Chemical castration is a common treatment for advanced prostate cancer, and more than 250,000 American men are taking these drugs. < as lemmas |
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