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desex
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de·sex (d-sks)
v.
To remove part or all of the reproductive organs of.

desex
removal of the organs of generation, the ovaries or testes.


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Phalen said one of Australia's largest islands, Kangaroo Island, located off the coast of Adelaide, is undertaking population control methods like desexing and hormone control because the 25,000 koala population has grown so significantly.
Stycos JM, Desexing birth control, Family Planning Perspectives, 1977, 9(6):286-292.
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