Synonyms for circumcision
ˌsɜr kəmˈsɪʒ əncir·cum·ci·sion

Princeton's WordNet

1. Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1noun

   (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st

2. circumcisionnoun

   the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite

3. circumcisionnoun

   the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males

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1. • Roman Catholic
   • Abscission
   • Feast Day
   • Rite

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1. List of paraphrases for "circumcision":

   excision

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1. circumcision

   Synonyms:
   Apellious

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1. Lauren Young:

   It looked like it had been cut and sewn back on, not a normal-looking scar from circumcision. Something didn't look normal.

2. Marianne Comparet:

   In the same way that circumcision came out as something that really changed the way people approached HIV transmission, this could really be the next big thing in controlling HIV transmission.

3. Jonathan Friedman:

   People are not OK with a 4-year-old boy being circumcised -- a conscious, articulate boy. That's just not OK, not everyone is against circumcisions, but I think everyone is against a 4-year-old's circumcision.

4. Kimihiko Moriya:

   Circumcision is not a universally accepted custom.

5. Andrew Freedman:

   What this study does is ask the question as to the likelihood a child that is not circumcised at birth will go on to need a circumcision for well described medical reasons during their childhood, in the non-newborn there are many conditions for which circumcision would be an appropriate treatment.