posthetomy

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “prepuce”) +‎ -tomy.

Noun

posthetomy (countable and uncountable, plural posthetomies)

  1. (medicine) Excision of the foreskin; posthectomy; circumcision.[1]

References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “POSTHETOMY”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:

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