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Definition of circumcision
1a : the act of circumcising; especially : the cutting off of the foreskin of males that is practiced as a religious rite by Jews and Muslims and by others as a social custom or for potential health benefits (such as improved hygiene)b : female genital mutilationc : the condition of being circumcised
2 capitalized : January 1 observed as a festival in some churches in commemoration of the circumcision of Jesus
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Neonatal herpes is also at the root of the recent controversy surrounding ultra-Orthodox Jewish circumcisions in the New York area.
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The practice, also known as female circumcision or cutting, is a federal crime punishable by five years in prison.
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The lawsuit, filed in July 2014, claimed that a man had gone into Princeton Baptist Medical Center the month before for a circumcision and awoke to find his penis had instead been amputated.
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The initiation has not been without its criticisms, due to complications and malpractice surrounding the circumcision process.
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Dariwala is exasperated, arguing the Koran nowhere mentions female circumcision as a mandatory practice.
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In recent weeks, a group called the Dawoodi Bohra Women for Religious Freedom has launched campaigns on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, seeking to preserve female circumcision in India, calling it a religious rite of passage.
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In the latter section, museum guests will find a ceremonial lace outfit for a baby boy’s bris (circumcision) ceremony made from his mother’s wedding gown.
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Related: Nagarwala’s lawyer emphatically denied after that hearing that her client was paid by the mosque to perform any female circumcision procedures.
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First Known Use of circumcision
12th century
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playMedical Definition of circumcision
1: the act of circumcising:a: the cutting off of the foreskin of males that is practiced as a religious rite by Jews and Muslims and as a sanitary measure in modern surgeryb: female genital mutilation
2: the condition of being circumcised
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