circumcision
noun/ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒn/
/ˌsɜːrkəmˈsɪʒn/
[uncountable, countable]- the act of circumcising somebody; the religious ceremony when somebody, especially a baby, is circumcisedTopics Religion and festivalsc2, Healthcarec2Word OriginMiddle English: from late Latin circumcisio(n-), from the verb circumcidere, from circum ‘around, about’ + caedere ‘to cut’.
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