1. He administered ' male ' hormones to a large group of men who had been demasculinised through accident or injury , or who for biological reasons had failed to mature sexually .

2. Castrate: 1 v remove the testicles of a male animal Synonyms: demasculinise , demasculinize , emasculate Types: caponise , caponize convert a cock into a capon cut , geld cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) Type of: desex , desexualise , desexualize , fix , sterilise , sterilize , unsex make infertile v remove the ovaries of