CIRCUMCISION
\sˈɜːkəmsˌɪʒən], \sˈɜːkəmsˌɪʒən], \s_ˈɜː_k_ə_m_s_ˌɪ_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CIRCUMCISION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
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the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
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(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
By Princeton University
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the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
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the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The Jews, as a circumcised people.
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Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.
By Oddity Software
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The Jews, as a circumcised people.
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Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An ancient operation, performed by some nations as a religious ceremony. It consists in removing circularly a portion of the prepuce of infants ;-a custom, which was probably suggested with a view to cleanliness. In cases of extraordinary length of prepuce, or when affected with disease, the operation is sometimes undertaken by surgeons. A similar operation is performed, amongst the AEgyptians, Arabians, and Persians, on the female, by removing a portion of the nymphae; and at times the clitoris.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The operation of cutting off the end of the prepuce by a circular incision. The term is sometimes made to include the operation of slitting the prepuce so as to enlarge its orifice. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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