circumcise
verb[T]
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.saɪz/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.saɪz/tocuttheprotectinglooseskinoff a boy's or man'spenis, formedical,traditional, orreligiousreasons:
TheUnitedStateshas astrongtraditionof circumcisingbabyboys.
5% ofintactadultmaleseventuallyget circumcised formedicalreasons.
tocutpartsoff a girl's or woman'ssexualorgans, fortraditionalorreligiousreasons:
InpartsofAfrica, somegirlsare circumcised when they are aweekold.
She sometimesdreamsthat themidwifewho circumcised her is coming back toperformtheprocedureagain.
- Hedecidednot to circumcise hissons.
- They hadtheirthreesonscircumcised because that's what everyone did.
- They took mydaughteraway and had her circumcised.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex change
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- transfusion
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