circumcise

tr.v., -cised, -cis·ing, -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 circumcīdere, circumcīs-, to cut around : circum-, circum- + caedere, to cut.]

circumciser cir'cum·cis'er n.

(sûr'kəm-sīz')
v., -cised, -cis·ing, -cis·es.

To perform a circumcision.

To perform circumcision. See also preputial prolapse.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cut the skin over the clitoris

Meaning #2: cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omskære

Nederlands (Dutch)
besnijden

Français (French)
v. tr. - circoncire, exciser (fille)

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschneiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (θρησκ.) περιτέμνω

Italiano (Italian)
circoncidere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - circuncidar, purificar (Bíbl.)

Русский (Russian)
делать обрезание

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - circuncidar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - omskära

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
为...行割礼, 割包皮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 為...行割禮, 割包皮

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 할례를 행하다, 포피를 자르다, 마음을 정결케 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 割礼を行なう, 清める, 割礼を行う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ختن, طهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מל (הערלה)‬

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