Circumcision Meaning
/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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nounThe surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
nounThe surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum., Pharisaic circumcision.
Sentence Examples
Male circumcision decreases the risk of viral infections that cause herpes and cancer.
When will the circumcision party be held?
There is such a thing as female circumcision.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The newborn's ____ was performed by the doctor in the hospital.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is a common procedure performed on male babies in several city.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English circumcisioun, from Old French circumcisiun (modern French circoncision) and its etymon Latin circumcīsiōn-, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”). By surface analysis, circumcis(e) + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3."
— 1697, Benjamin Keach, A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit, page 7:
"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."
— 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 161:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The newborn's ____ was performed by the doctor in the hospital.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is a common procedure performed on male babies in several city.