Usually means: Surgical removal of foreskin tissue.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. circumcision: Merriam-Webster
  2. Circumcision, circumcision: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. circumcision: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. circumcision: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Circumcision, circumcision: Vocabulary.com
  6. Circumcision, circumcision: Wordnik
  7. circumcision: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. circumcision: Wiktionary
  9. circumcision: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. circumcision: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. circumcision: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. circumcision: Dictionary.com
  13. circumcision: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. circumcision: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Circumcision, The Circumcision (Rubens), The Circumcision (Signorelli): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Circumcision: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. circumcision: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. circumcision: Rhymezone
  19. Circumcision: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. circumcision: FreeDictionary.org
  21. circumcision: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. circumcision: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. circumcision: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Circumcision (male), circumcision: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. circumcision: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Circumcision: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  6. Circumcision: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
  9. Circumcision: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  10. circumcision: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. circumcision: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  12. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  13. Circumcision (male), circumcision: Medical dictionary
  14. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. Circumcision: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

Religion (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Circumcision: Easton Bible
  2. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  3. Circumcision: Catholic Encyclopedia
  4. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  5. Circumcision: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  6. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. circumcision: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See circumcisions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
noun:  (modern Judaism, usually specifically) Pharisaic circumcision.
noun:  (chiefly historical or Philippines) Other surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy.
noun:  The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
noun:  (often proscribed) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.

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