bistournage

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  1. In veterinary surgery, an operation which consists in twisting the testicles of bulls and other male animals round the cord, so as to produce atrophy, but leave the scrotum intact: a form of castration or gelding.

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  1. French, from bistourner (= Italian bistornare), twist, deform by twisting, from bis-, bes-, a pejorative prefix (prob. ult. from Latin bis, twice), + tourner, turn.
 

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