circumcision

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
2. (Judaism, countable, modern, specifically, uncountable, usually) The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
3. (Philippines, countable, historical, uncountable) The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
4. (countable, uncountable) The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
5. (countable, often, proscribed, uncountable) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.

Synonyms

excision

initiation

male circumcision

circumcise

Translations

circoncision

circuncisión

circuncisão

Beschneidung

besnijdenis

περιτομή

circoncisione

circumcisió

excision

sünnet

circumcisio

ختان

circumcisie

Zirkumzision

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/

Etymology

From Latin circumcīsiō(n), from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

Sentences

Polygamy , dowries and female circumcision were all abolished .