Example sentences for: castration

How can you use “castration” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As Fred Berlin, a Johns Hopkins University psychiatrist and expert on treating sex offenders, points out, castration works "mainly in those who are sexually aroused by their crime ...

  • Apparently, Lester doesn't realize that snipped roses are garden-variety symbols of castration, or he'd know what he has lost.

  • Retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs) are nuclear transcription factors that mediate the action of retinoids [ 11 12 ] . We have demonstrated that in the rat, castration resulted in an increase in mRNAs for RAR α and γ in the prostate; such effects were prevented by T replacement [ 13 ] . We also demonstrated that the levels of mRNAs for RAR α and γ in non-tumorigenic rat epithelial cells (NRP152) were down-regulated, whereas those in tumorigenic cells (NRP154) were unaffected or up-regulated following T treatment [ 14 ] . In addition, RAR α was over-expressed in tumorigenic NRP154 cells.

  • 3 Forced castration is immoral.

  • The studies show that castration is effective in criminals with multiple offenses, especially if they are motivated by sex.


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