DESEXED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in altered

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verb

past tense of desex

as in fixed

to remove the sex organs of desex the baby chickens destined for market

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Adjective

Analysis of bone extracts identified heme B and an altered relative.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
Shortening This piecrust-making standby can turn rancid over time and develop an altered taste that can ruin foods.

— Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of altered

Verb

Mature flower heads are generally fixed facing east, toward the morning Sun.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2026
This is also not a problem that will be quickly fixed by the return of starting center Nic Claxton, who has not played this season after suffering a hamstring injury in the preseason.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of fixed

Adjective

Sun Pharma had previously said the site was expected to become one of its largest manufacturing ⁠hubs for sterile products in a business identified as a key global growth driver.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
The corporate cafe chain there before, as well as the hospital, are standardized, minimalist and sterile.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of sterile

Adjective

So over the next two years, Mazur and his labmate Lada Dyachenko performed pronuclear transfer on hundreds of zygotes from dozens of infertile patients, including 19 women between the ages of 36 and 44.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
The World Health Organization says its comparison numbers used to interpret the results should not be treated as an absolute line separating fertile from infertile men.

— Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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