The act of surgically removing the gonads; performing a gonadectomy.
From gonad plus -ectomize (to surgically remove) plus -ing present participle, literally 'in the process of removing reproductive organs.'
Early gonadectomizing procedures were crude compared to modern surgical techniques, yet the basic principle—understanding what organs do by removing them—became fundamental to all medical science!
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