transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsə:kəmsaɪz ]
v.tr. 1 cut off the foreskin, as a Jewish or Muslim rite or a surgical operation. 2 cut off the clitoris (and sometimes the labia), usu. as a religious rite. 3 Bibl. purify (the heart etc.). [ME f. OF f. L circumcidere circumcis- (as CIRCUM-, caedere cut)]