What does mean by circumcised?

Answer 1

If a male is circumcised then he has had a surgical procedure during which part of the skin of the penis, called the foreskin, is cut off. This leaves the head of the penis exposed and uncovered.
To be circumcised is to have circumcision performed. This is the removal of the foreskin, the skin and tissue that covers the head (glans) of a penis.

Circumcision is a tradition with Jewish families, in which the foreskin of the penis is cut off (along with a small section of the frenulum), when the boy is still a baby.

Answer 2

Circumcision is a surgical procedure where part of the skin of the penis, called the foreskin is cut off including the ridged band and often the frenulum as well as the most sensitive nerves. Circumcision is common in some ethnic and religious groups, but the majority of men in the world is not circumcised.

Answer 3

When a child is born the penis has a piece of skin that covers the glans or the end. When a penis iscircumcised this piece of protective skin is removed. This is a very old tradition and it is required in some religions. There is very Little doubt that the practice was the result of a need for hygiene Uncircumcised penises need to have the foreskin puled back when washing them to ovoid skin irritations and infections. people with normal hygenic habits need not be mutilated in this way.

Answer 4

The word literally means to cut in a circle. In most contexts, it refers to surgery performed on a man (or baby boy)'s penis that excises foreskin.

Circumcision has been a religious rite in Judaism, and some sects of both Islam and Christianity.

Circumcision has also been prescribed or recommended for health reasons as a treatment for some disease, and to prevent diseases such as HIV. The World Health Organization estimates men who have been circumcised have about a one-third to two-thirds reduction in rates of HIV infection after two years compared with men who have not been circumcised in countries where HIV infection rates are relatively high.

However, most medical organizations in developed nations do not recommend circumcision as a normal, routine, preventive procedure.

Answer 5

Circumcision is the removal of the Prepuce (Foreskin) from the end of the penis.

Eight weeks after fertilization, the foreskin begins to grow over the head of the penis, covering it completely by 16 weeks. At this stage, the foreskin and glans share an epithelium (mucous layer) that fuses the two together. It remains this way until the foreskin separates from the glans.

The outside of the foreskin is a continuation of the skin on the shaft of the penis, but the inner foreskin is a mucous membrane like the inside of the eyelid or the mouth. The mucocutaneous zone occurs where the outer and inner foreskin meet. Like the eyelid, the foreskin is free to move after it separates from the glans, usually by puberty. Smooth muscle fibres keep it close to the glans but make it highly elastic. The foreskin is attached to the glans by a frenulum, which helps return the foreskin over the glans.

Usualy the prepuce is removed during child hood in answer to religious or cultural moores.Often it is done during a childs infancy and involves tearing the fused glans. At this stage though the foreskin and glans share an epithelium (mucous layer) that fuses the two together. It remains this way until the foreskin separates from the glans and circumcision leads to considerable pain and trauma for the infant who is usualy utilated without any pain killers.

Answer 6

It means that you're male, and that your parents asked to have part of your penis cut off. Usually this is either for religious or health reasons (it is seen as an improved hygiene choice for many).

Some parents have their kids circumcised only to fit in. Very rarely, some are circumcised for serious medical reasons.