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circumcise /cir·cum·cise/ (ser´kum-sīz) to perform circumcision.
circumcise to perform circumcision. See also preputial prolapse. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| However, in one passage Philo virtually allegorized it away when he wrote that the proselyte is "one who circumcises not his uncircumcision but his desires and sensual pleasures and the other passions of the soul. 1) The US also continues to be the only industrialized nation that circumcises the majority of its newborn baby boys for nonreligious reasons. A father who forcibly circumcises his son will not win his son's gratitude, affection, trust, or love. |
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