circumcision

noun

Etymology: From Middle English circumcisioun, from Old French circumcisiun (modern French circoncision) and its etymon Latin circumcīsiōn-, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”). By surface analysis, circumcis(e) + -ion.

1. The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

   “So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.”

   “I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.”

2. The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
3. The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

   “The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.”

4. The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
5. The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.