male circumcision
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[edit]Noun
[edit]male circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural male circumcisions)
- An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.
- Synonym: posthectomy
Hypernyms
[edit]- circumcision
- male genital cutting, sometimes included under male genital mutilation (or MGM)
- male genital mutilator
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[edit]Translations
[edit]removal of the foreskin
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