circumcised
Ritually surgically altered
Circumcised describes a penis from which the foreskin has been surgically removed, or a person who has undergone this procedure.
The practice is performed for religious reasons in Judaism and Islam, and remains common in American medical culture for non-religious reasons.
He was circumcised as an infant.
Female circumcision refers to the cutting of external genitalia, more accurately called female genital mutilation.
Prescribed sequence of actions
- foreskinPenile glans covering
- prepuceFold covering glans
- glansRounded anatomical terminus
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
urologist · pediatrics · phimosis · hygiene · penile · neonatal · elective · prophylaxis
Jewish circumcision ceremony
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
- JudaismReligion following Mosaic law
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
mitzvah · sunnah · Torah · Quran · sharia · faith · blessing · commandment
Formal admission ceremony
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- adulthoodState of being grown
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- tribalOf a clan
ancestral · heritage · tradition · manhood · Xhosa · community · elder · custom
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- sutureMedical wound closure
clamp · postoperative · healing · bandage · antiseptic · bleeding · recovery · stitches
Voluntary agreement given
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- debateFormal argument on issues
- activismDirect effort for reform
- WHOUN health authority
procedure
Prescribed sequence of actions
surgery · urologist · pediatrics · phimosis · hygiene · penile · neonatal · elective · prophylaxis · UTI
bris
Jewish circumcision ceremony
Islam · mitzvah · sunnah · Torah · Quran · sharia · faith · blessing · commandment · foreskin
initiation
Formal admission ceremony
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- adulthoodState of being grown
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
tribal · ancestral · heritage · tradition · manhood · Xhosa · community · elder · custom · indigenous
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sterileFree from microorganisms
suture · clamp · postoperative · healing · bandage · antiseptic · bleeding · recovery · stitches · gauze
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- debateFormal argument on issues
- activismDirect effort for reform
WHO · legal · irreversible · elective
circumciseduncircumcised
Foreskin not removed
intact · uncut · noncircumcised · uncircumcision · whole
- ritual circumcision
- female circumcisionCutting of female genitalia
- circumcision ceremonyRitual surgical removal of foreskin
- infant circumcisionSurgical removal of newborn's foreskin
circumcision, uncircumcised, circumcise, circumcisions, circumcises, circumciser, circumcising