Having had the gonads surgically removed; describing an organism that has undergone gonadectomy.
From gonad plus -ectomize (to surgically remove) plus -ed past tense, meaning 'having undergone gonad removal.'
Gonadectomized animals in research became the key to understanding how much behavior is hormonal versus learned—neuroscientists could watch personality changes after the procedure!
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