circumcises
Performs ritual cutting
Circumcises is the third-person singular of circumcise—to surgically remove the foreskin from the penis.
The practice is performed for religious reasons in Judaism and Islam, and for cultural or medical reasons elsewhere: The mohel circumcises the infant on the eighth day.
Female circumcision, involving removal of parts of the external genitalia, is widely condemned as genital mutilation.
Invasive medical procedure
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- urologistUrinary system physician
pediatrician · sterile · aseptic · antiseptic · suture · postoperative · neonatal · outpatient
Jewish circumcision ceremony
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
- mohelRitual circumcision practitioner
- JudaismReligion following Mosaic law
Islam · mitzvah · commandment · Torah · sunnah · purification · dedication · faith
Formal admission ceremony
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- tribalOf a clan
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- traditionCustom passed through generations
custom · heritage · ceremony · manhood · elder · community · identity · belonging
Voluntary agreement given
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
- debateFormal argument on issues
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
parental choice · medical ethics · informed consent · child welfare · activism · legal · elective · unnecessary
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
urologist · pediatrician · sterile · aseptic · antiseptic · suture · postoperative · neonatal · outpatient · procedure
bris
Jewish circumcision ceremony
Judaism · Islam · mitzvah · commandment · Torah · sunnah · purification · dedication · faith · blessing
initiation
Formal admission ceremony
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- tribalOf a clan
- ancestralOf one's forebears
tradition · custom · heritage · ceremony · manhood · elder · community · identity · belonging · Xhosa
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
- debateFormal argument on issues
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
human rights · parental choice · medical ethics · informed consent · child welfare · activism · legal · elective · unnecessary · irreversible
circumcisespreserves
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restores · reconstructs · regenerates · grafts · spares
- ritual circumcision
- female circumcisionCutting of female genitalia
- circumcision ceremonyRitual surgical removal of foreskin
- infant circumcisionSurgical removal of newborn's foreskin
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