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- noun surgery The procedure to remove an
ovary ortestis .
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Examples
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Effect of gonadectomy on subsequent development of age related cognitive impairment in dogs.
Gayatri Devi, M.D.: Dementia in Dogs and Cats: The Story of Max and Wolfie 2010
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However, at puberty testosterone production usually increases and is enough to cause virilization, so in such cases where the child identifies strongly with a female role it is advisable to perform a gonadectomy before puberty.
Transsexual Causation, the American Psychiatric Association, and Interpol Zoe Brain 2008
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Just about anything, short of gonadectomy, leaves the possibility of pregnancy.
Choice For Men: Do Feminists and Pro-Lifers Make The Same Argument? 2005
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As we all know, it matters little that the hormonal assays or gonadectomy or whatever procedures have been published endlessly if you don't have direct evidence that you can do it.
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It can be considerably more complicated, often requiring gonadectomy (at various developmental timepoints) and hormonal replacement (with dose-response designs, please) including all of the appropriate control groups/observations.
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Whoops, the model is not "well established" and needs to be "compared to the standard gonadectomy models",
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Effect of gonadectomy on subsequent development of age related cognitive impairment in dogs.
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Utsuyama M, Hirokawa K, Mancini C, Brunelli R, Leter G, et al. (1995) Differential effects of gonadectomy on thymic stromal cells in promoting T cell differentiation in mice.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Masako Osada et al. 2010
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Cases in point see again the horrible treatment of Santhi Soundarajan by IOC affiliate organization Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as recent media coverage about the IAAF strongly recommending gonadectomy (castration) for Caster Semenya on spurious "medical grounds" and the IAAF's scandalous public offer of "free surgeries" for Caster Semenya.
Indymedia Ireland Zwischengeschlecht.org 2010
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