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circumcise

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cir·cum·cise  (sûrkm-sz)
tr.v. cir·cum·cised, cir·cum·cis·ing, cir·cum·cis·es
1. To remove the prepuce of (a male).
2. To remove all or part of the clitoris, prepuce, or labia of (a female).

[Middle English circumcisen, from Latin circumcdere, circumcs-, to cut around : circum-, circum- + caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]

circum·ciser n.

circumcise [ˈsɜːkəmˌsaɪz]
vb (tr)
1. (Medicine / Surgery) to remove the foreskin of (a male)
2. (Medicine / Surgery) to incise surgically the skin over the clitoris of (a female)
3. (Medicine / Surgery) to remove the clitoris of (a female)
4. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to perform the religious rite of circumcision on (someone)
[from Latin circumcīdere, from circum- + caedere to cut]
circumciser  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.circumcise - cut the skin over the clitoris
cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
2.circumcise - cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
Translations
circumcise [ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz] VTcircuncidar

circumcise [ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz] vt [+ male] → circoncire; [+ female] → exciser

circumcise

circumcise [ˈsɜːkəmˌsaɪz] vtcirconcidere

circumcise
v circumcise [ˈsəːkəmsaiz]
1 to remove the foreskin (of a man). besny يُطَهِّرُ الصَّبي، يَنْزَعُ القُلْفَـه обрязвам obřezat omskære beschneiden κάνω περιτομή circuncidar ümber lõikama ختنه کردن ympärileikata circoncire לַמוֹל खतना करना obrezati körülmetél menyunat (laki-laki) umskera circoncidere 割礼を施す (남자의) 표피를 자르다 apipjaustyti apgraizīt mengkhatankan besnijden omskjære obrzezać circuncizar a circumcide совершать обрезание obrezať obrezati obrezati omskära ขลิบหนังหุ้มปลายองคชาติ sünnet etmek 割除(男人的)包皮 здійснити обрізання بچے (مرد) کا ختنہ کرنا cắt đầu bao quy đầu ...
2 to remove a part of the clitoris (of a woman). reiniging يَخْتِنُ الفَتاه обрязвам obřezat omskære beschneiden κάνω κλειτοριδεκτομή realizar una ablación de clítoris ümber lõikama برداشتن بخشی از کلیتوریس circoncire לַמוֹל खतना करना, मुसलमानी करना obrezati körülmetél menyunat (perempuan) infibulare 女子の)陰核を切除する (여자의) 음핵 표피를 자르다 apipjaustyti veikt klitora operāciju menyunatkan vrouwenbesnijdenis omskjære obrzezać совершать круговое сечение urobiť obriezku klitorisu obrezati klitoris obrezati omskära ขลิบคลิทอริส kadının bızırını kesmek 割陰唇 здійснити обрізання عورت کا ختنہ کرنا cắt âm vật
n circumˈcision [-ˈsiʒən]
besnydenis تَطْهير، خِتان обрязване obřízka, obřezání omskærelse die Beschneidung περιτομή circunsición ümberlõikus ختنه ympärileikkaus circoncision מִילָה खतना obrezivanje körülmetélés sunat umskurður circoncisione 割礼 할례 apipjaustymas apgraizīšana pengkhatanan besnijdenis omskjæring obrzezanie circuncisão circumcizie обрезание obriezka obrezovanje obrezivanje omskärelse การขลิบ sünnet (etme) 包皮環割術 обрізання ختنہ sự cắt bao quy đầu; cắt âm vật


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Both women come from families where it was customary to circumcise the clitoris, a practice known in the West as female genital mutilation.
Both women come from families where it was customary to circumcise the clitoris, a practice known in the West as female genital mutilation.
The Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya, 600 kilometers south of Cairo, was told that the girl's mother gave Karim 150 Egyptian Pounds ($ 27) to circumcise her daughter, who remains in critical condition.
 
 
 
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