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Verb: circumcise  'surkum`sIz
  1. Cut the skin over the clitoris
     
  2. Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
    "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"

Derived forms: circumcising, circumcised, circumcises

See also: circumcision

Type of: cut, remove, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Circumcise

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circumflex artery of the thigh
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