circumcised
past simple and past participle ofcircumcise
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
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- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
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- implantation
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- sex change
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
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Examplesofcircumcised
circumcised
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Oncecircumcised, girls became adult women and were soon married.
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Circumcisedgirl, come, we go home to eat a goat - and no one will bother you.
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At the age of 2-3 years, boys arecircumcisedin elaborate ceremonies.
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Portmann's own admission that we willingly participate in life-saving operations and have our childrencircumcised(in some cultures), gives us reason to doubt his explanation.
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When 24 boys with no data about circumcision were excluded, 201 out of 333 boys werecircumcisedand 72 of them (35.8 %) had a history of collective circumcision.
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Circumcisedgirl, come, we go home.
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She had her baby but, after that, she was frogmarched out of the village andcircumcised.
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Those women alreadycircumcisedneed care and rehabilitation, and we must therefore put our faith in more knowledgeable midwives, social workers and teachers.
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Millions of women throughout the world are still beingcircumcisedor married off.
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She was equally determined that it should not happen, having herself beencircumcisedand suffered many problems.
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This legislation needs an educational programme to speed up the freedom for females who might in future suffer from the indignity, pain and danger of beingcircumcised.
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Others said that he was born needing no further improvement, and thus that he was borncircumcised.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nowadays, the initiates are usuallycircumcisedin hospital, and there is no seclusion period.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He answered "not as long as he is notcircumcised".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For several months, children were taught traditional rites and customs eventually leading to the child beingcircumcised.
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