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• Catacomb

  Usually, catacombs. an underground cemetery, especially one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs. the Catacombs, the subterranean burial chambers of the early Christians in and near Rome, Italy. an underground passageway, especially one full of twists and turns. Historical Examples So thick was this door, so impenetrable, that […]

• Catacrotism

  catacrotism catacrotism ca·tac·ro·tism (kə-tāk’rə-tĭz’əm) n. A condition of the pulse in which there are one or more secondary expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing upward notches or waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing. cat’a·crot’ic (kāt’ə-krŏt’ĭk) adj.

• Castrators

  to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld. to remove the ovaries of. Psychology. to render impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, especially by threatening a person’s masculinity or femininity. to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken: Without those ten new submarines, our navy will be castrated. a castrated person or animal. verb (transitive) […]

• Castrato

  a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing. Contemporary Examples The Daily Pic: In his portrait of a castrato, Andrea Sacchi let a well-hung Apollo make up for the singer’s loss. NSFW, in 1641? Blake Gopnik September 15, 2013 In his portrait […]

• Castration-complex

  an unconscious fear of losing the genital organs, especially as punishment for oedipal feelings. noun (psychoanal) an unconscious fear of having one’s genitals removed, as a punishment for wishing to have sex with a parent castration complex n. In psychoanalytic theory, a child’s fear of injury to the genitals by the parent of the same […]

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