posthetomy
/pɒsˈθɛtəmi/Surgery rare
noun
Surgical removal of the foreskin; circumcision.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. Irregularly from ancient Greek πόσθη penis, in Hellenistic Greek also foreskin + -tomy.
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