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/ˈsərkəmˌsīz/,
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circumcises, 3rd person singular present; circumcised, past participle; circumcised, past tense; circumcising, present participle;
  1. Cut off the foreskin of (a young boy or man, esp. a baby) as a religious rite, esp. in Judaism and Islam, or as a medical treatment

  2. Cut off the clitoris, and sometimes the labia, of (a girl or young woman) as a traditional practice among some peoples

  1. cut the skin over the clitoris
  2. cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
  3. (circumcision) (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
  4. (circumcision) the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
  5. (circumcision) the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
  6. To amputate the prepuce from a penis; To amputate the clitoris, prepuce, or labia
  7. (circumcised) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised; Having had the clitoris, prepuce, or labia excised
  8. (circumcision) the removal of the foreskin from the penis as a mark of the Covenant between G-d and the Jewish people. It is usually carried out eight days after the birth of a baby boy by a highly trained mohel.
  9. (CIRCUMCISION) A surgical procedure, usually with religious or cultural significance, where the prepuce or skin covering the tip of the penis on a boy, or the clitoris on a girl, is cut away.
  10. (CIRCUMCISION) Arabic Khitan, khitanah or khatanah. Circumcision is not once alluded to in the Qur'an. The omission is remarkable, and Muslim writers do not attempt any explanation of it. It is held to be sunnah, or founded upon the customs of the Prophet (Fatawa `Alamgiri, vol. iv. p. ...
  11. (CIRCUMCISION) [Narezanie] – refers to the principle of working with text used in the artistic practice of Medgerminevtika, according to which a discourse, on one or another topic, is assembled from citations extracted from books drawn erratically from a dresser and opened at random. (See P. ...
  12. (Circumcision) An operation (note the shedding of blood) that entered one into the covenant in O.T. times. It was instituted by God (Gen. 17:10-14) and performed on the eighth day after birth (Luke 1:59). It was a sign of the covenant God made with Abraham (Gen. 17:12; Rom. 4:11). In the N.T. ...
  13. (Circumcision) Baby boys are usually circumcised shortly before they go home from the hospital. If you have chosen to have your son circumcised, he may not be completely healed by the time you take him home. To prevent diaper irritation, apply Vaseline to the end of the penis. ...
  14. (Circumcision) First male, Jewish rite of passage. Performed without anesthesia and before you are old enough to remember. Most Americans are circumcised, whether Jewish or not. This would have been very confusing if Adolf Hitler had been born in the USA instead of Austria. ...
  15. (Circumcision) For B'rit Milah (literally, "the covenant of circumcision"), newborn males are circumcised at 8 days old and are thus "brought into the Covenant of Abraham" (Gen. 17:10-14). This b'rit binds the newborn to his people. ...
  16. (Circumcision) Foreskin removal -- the commandment was given by G-d to Abraham; to this day obeyed by the children of Isaac and Ishmael.
  17. (Circumcision) Showing a male baby how much we love him, unlike some backward African tribes who actually genitally mutilate their female babies.
  18. (Circumcision) The image  of circumcision or of similar rituals in a dream indicates the necessity of becoming aware of one's animal instincts.
  19. (Circumcision) The rite prescribed in Judaism and other cultures which involves cutting off the foreskin of a male. Circumcision was a sign of the covenant between God and his people Israel and prefigured the rite of Christian initiation in Baptism. ...
  20. (circumcision ‑ () Latin derivatives ‑ “circum” ‑ “around” or “in a circle”; “cisio” ‑ “cutting”)
  21. (circumcision) A ceremonial cutting of the foreskin of males, also a term used in reference to the Jews.
  22. (circumcision) The act of cutting off the prepuce or, in females, the inner labia, especially as a religious rite; the initiatory rite of Judaism, also practised by Moslems
  23. (circumcision) The surgical removal of the foreskin which covers the head of a boy's penis. It is performed in some religions (such as the bris of Judaism) or for cultural reasons, but rarely for medical reasons.
  24. (circumcision) the surgical removal of all or part of the male prepuce, practiced by the Egyptians as part of their traditional methods of hygiene. Male circumcision was not performed at birth but during adolescence.
  25. Circumcision is a simple operation in which the foreskin is snipped from the penis. This is done for religious reasons or because the foreskin is too tight to pull back.