circumcised

3 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to cut the protecting loose skin off a boy's or man's penis, for medical, traditional, or religious reasons:

The United States has a strong tradition of circumcising baby boys.

5% of intact adult males eventually get circumcised for medical reasons.

to cut parts off a girl's or woman's sexual organs, for traditional or religious reasons:

In parts of Africa, some girls are circumcised when they are a week old.

She sometimes dreams that the midwife who circumcised her is coming back to perform the procedure again.