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Synonyms and antonyms of To remove body parts and organs in American Thesaurus

To remove body parts and organs

alter (verb)

American to remove the testicles from a male animal or the ovaries from a female animal

amputate (verb)

to remove someone’s arm, leg, hand, finger, or toe in a medical operation

castrate (verb)

to remove the testicles (=the pair of male sexual organs) of a man or animal

circumcise (verb)

to remove the skin at the end of a boy’s or man’s penis for religious or medical reasons

circumcise (verb)

to remove a girl’s or woman’s clitoris (=part of her sex organs)

decapitate (verb)

formal to cut off someone’s head

disembowel (verb)

to kill someone by cutting open their stomach and removing their intestines

dismember (verb)

to cut or pull someone’s body into pieces

eviscerate (verb)

formal to remove organs such as the stomach or heart from inside someone’s body

excise (verb)

medical to remove something harmful that is growing inside a person’s body, especially by cutting it out

female genital mutilation (noun)

the practice of removing part or all of a girl’s external sex organs for non-medical reasons

geld (verb)

to remove the testicles of a horse

harvest (verb)

medical to take something such as an organ or cells from someone’s body, especially in order to use them in transplants

mutilate (verb)

to damage someone’s body permanently by cutting it or removing part of it