spay

tr.v., spayed, spay·ing, spays.
To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

[Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha. See spathe.]

verb

To render incapable of reproducing sexually: alter, castrate, fix, geld, neuter, sterilize, unsex. See reproduction/barrenness, rich/poor.

Pertaining to spay.

• s. device — see kimberling–rupp spaying device.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kastrere, udbøde

Nederlands (Dutch)
steriliseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - enlever les ovaires de, châtrer

Deutsch (German)
v. - sterilisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μουνουχίζω, στειρώνω θηλυκό ζώο

Italiano (Italian)
asportare le ovaie

Português (Portuguese)
v. - castrar (animal fêmea), remover os ovários

Русский (Russian)
удалять яичники у самок животных

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - quitar los ovarios, esterilizar a una hembra

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sterilisera katt (hona)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
切除卵巢

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 切除卵巢

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (동물의) 난소를 제거하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から卵巣を除去する, 卵巣を摘出する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخصي أنثى ألحيوان - "باستأصال مبيضها "‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עיקר, סירס‬

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