Circumcision
Ritual penile cutting
Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis.
The practice is performed on infants for religious reasons in Judaism and Islam, and remains common in the United States for cultural or perceived health reasons.
Female circumcision, more accurately called female genital mutilation, involves removing part or all of the clitoris and sometimes other tissue—a practice widely condemned as harmful.
Penile glans covering
- prepuceFold covering glans
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- urologistUrinary system physician
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
sutures · healing · procedure · pediatric · phimosis · sterile · scalpel · clamp
Binding formal pledge
- brit milahJewish infant circumcision ceremony
- mohelRitual circumcision practitioner
- JudaismReligion following Mosaic law
- eighth dayNonexistent calendar slot
Abraham · Torah · blessing · Islam · sunnah · ritual · commandment · tradition
Voluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- bodily integrityControl over one's form
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- debateFormal argument on issues
bioethics · controversy · choice · advocacy · parental · elective · harm · irreversible
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- STISexually transmitted infection
- UTIBladder bacterial infection
HPV · cleanliness · studies · CDC · WHO · Africa · trials · reduction
foreskin
Penile glans covering
anesthesia · sutures · healing · procedure · pediatric · phimosis · sterile · scalpel · clamp · recovery
covenant
Binding formal pledge
- brit milahJewish infant circumcision ceremony
- mohelRitual circumcision practitioner
- JudaismReligion following Mosaic law
eighth day · Abraham · Torah · blessing · Islam · sunnah · ritual · commandment · tradition · ceremony
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- bodily integrityControl over one's form
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
debate · bioethics · controversy · choice · advocacy · parental · elective · harm · irreversible · medicalization
hygiene
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- STISexually transmitted infection
UTI · HPV · cleanliness · studies · CDC · WHO · Africa · trials · reduction · transmission
rite of passage
Transition-marking ceremony
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- manhoodAdult male status
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
tradition · Xhosa · coming-of-age · elder · ceremony · community · ancestral · adulthood · seclusion · custom
- Orthodox feastsEpiphany, Pentecost, Annunciation, Transfiguration, Palm Sunday
- Religious HolidaysEaster Sunday, Passover, Pentecost, Good Friday, Ramadan
Circumcisionuncircumcised
Foreskin not removed
intact · uncut · whole · natural · intactness
- ritual circumcision
- female circumcisionCutting of female genitalia
- circumcision ceremonyRitual surgical removal of foreskin
- infant circumcisionSurgical removal of newborn's foreskin