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eunuch

[′yü·nik]
(medicine)
An individual who has undergone complete loss of testicular function.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

eunuch

castrated guardian of Eastern harems. [Arab. Culture: Jobes, I, 530–531]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Eunuch

 

a castrated man appointed to oversee a harem. Eunuchs were known among the ancient Assyrians and Persians, in Byzantium, and later among the Turks. Because they were on intimate terms with their masters, eunuchs at the courts of Eastern potentates often attained high standing and became privy councillors in state affairs.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Millions of eunuchs with stereotyped roles3 live in Pakistan and are found as street beggars suffering from various issues4 and living in a pretty much poor area with extremely deteriorated mental health.5 There is no formal record about the citizenry of eunuchs as they are much dispersed.6
The study has revealed that the eunuchs have very low social status in the society.
Who is responsible for the population explosion?" Not the eunuch."
Each candidate or applicant should submit a medical report, signed and stamped by two qualified and reliable doctors, testifying that they have personally examined the man and found him to be a genuine eunuch.
Eunuchs have no motive for wealth and no ambition for position, eunuchs would have no desire selling palace secrets or conniving with potential usurpers.
The eunuch leader said that the SHO ordered Iqbal to get his plaza vacated from the eunuchs within a week, as the transgenders had refused to pay any money to the police officials.
Field observations.--A web contained the host female and two males, of which the larger one was a full eunuch (individual that had severed both palps) and the smaller one was intact with both palps (Fig.
The author's aptitude for writing and historical and medical research serves him well and helps authenticate the story of Mohammed Nasser's rise from a castrated eunuch to a hormone-injected sexually active but infertile husband.
I've titled it "The Eunuch and the Giraffe." Enjoy!
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