foreskins
Circumcision removes these
Foreskins is the plural of foreskin, the retractable fold of skin covering the head of the penis.
Circumcision removes it.
The word appears in discussions of religious practice, medical procedures, and debates over infant circumcision: The ritual circumcision of foreskins is central to Jewish tradition.
Fold covering glans
- glansRounded anatomical terminus
- penisMale reproductive organ
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- phimosisTight, non-retractable foreskin
frenulum · smegma · shaft · hood · covering · male · genitalia · infant
Act of taking away
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- mohelRitual circumcision practitioner
- brisJewish circumcision ceremony
cutting · clamp · healing · scar · restoration · intact · uncircumcised · procedure
Binding formal pledge
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
- JewishOf a Semitic people
- IslamicOf the Muslim religion
- brit milahJewish infant circumcision ceremony
eighth day · ritual · tradition · commandment · Torah · sacrifice · marking · initiation
Control over one's physique
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- children's rightsLegal protections for minors
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
activism · advocacy · medical ethics · self-determination · violation · unnecessary · harm · protection
Custom passed through generations
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- XhosaBantu language with clicks
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- manhoodAdult male status
tribal · African · Filipino · custom · identity · coming of age · community · ceremony
prepuce
Fold covering glans
- glansRounded anatomical terminus
- penisMale reproductive organ
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
phimosis · frenulum · smegma · shaft · hood · covering · male · genitalia · infant · adult
removal
Act of taking away
bris · cutting · clamp · healing · scar · restoration · intact · uncircumcised · procedure · medical
covenant
Binding formal pledge
brit milah · eighth day · ritual · tradition · commandment · Torah · sacrifice · marking · initiation · faith
bodily autonomy
Control over one's physique
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- children's rightsLegal protections for minors
human rights · activism · advocacy · medical ethics · self-determination · violation · unnecessary · harm · protection · informed consent
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- XhosaBantu language with clicks
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
manhood · tribal · African · Filipino · custom · identity · coming of age · community · ceremony · ancestor
stretching
Extending muscles or material
coverage · sensitivity · restored · regaining · mobility
foreskinscircumcision
Foreskin surgical removal
circumcised · cut · glans · bris · brit milah