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SPAYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spayed mean?
• SPAYED (adjective)
The adjective SPAYED has 1 sense:
1. (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed
Familiarity information: SPAYED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a female animal) having the ovaries removed
Similar:
castrated; unsexed (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
Context examples
EXAMPLE(S): If the animal been spayed or neutered, reproductiveOrgansPresentIndicator = "N".
(Animal Reproductive Organs Present Indicator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
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