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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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 Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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
