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单词 circumcise
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cir•cum•cise /ˈsɜrkəmˌsaɪz/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -cised, -cis•ing. 
  1. Surgeryto remove the foreskin of (a male).
  2. Surgeryto remove the clitoris of (a female).
cir•cum•cis•ion /ˌsɜrkəmˈsɪʒən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]performed two circumcisions.[uncountable]Circumcision is a rite among some peoples.See -cise-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cir•cum•cise  (sûrkəm sīz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cised, -cis•ing. 
  1. Surgeryto remove the prepuce of (a male), esp. as a religious rite.
  2. Surgeryto remove the clitoris, prepuce, or labia of (a female).
  3. to purify spiritually.
  • Latin circumcīsus (past participle of circumcīdere to cut around), equivalent. to circum- circum- + -cīsus (-cīd- cut + -tus past participle suffix; see -cide)
  • Middle English circumcisen 1200–50
circum•cis′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
circumcise /ˈsɜːkəmˌsaɪz/ vb (transitive)
  1. to remove the foreskin of (a male)
  2. to incise surgically the skin over the clitoris of (a female)
  3. to remove the clitoris of (a female)
  4. to perform the religious rite of circumcision on (someone)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin circumcīdere, from circum- + caedere to cut

ˈcircumˌciser n
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