circumcision
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin circumcīsiō(n), from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
[edit]circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)
- The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
- 1697, Benjamin Keach, A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit[2], page 7:
- So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.
- 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 161:
- I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.
- (modern Judaism, usually specifically) Pharisaic circumcision.
- (chiefly historical or Philippines) Other surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy.
- The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.
- The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- (often proscribed) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Hypernym: genital mutilation (disputedly for male circumcision[1])
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]removal of foreskin from penis
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female circumcision — see female circumcision
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nunn, Gary (20 July 2019), “Foreskin reclaimers: the 'intactivists' fighting infant male circumcision”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 31 May 2020
Further reading
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circumcision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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