circumcision
removal of the human foreskin
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Summary
circumcision ranks in the top 0.055% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,166 views/month, #43 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: ablation[2], genital modification[3], medical procedure[4], removal[5]
- Commons category: Circumcision[6]
- Said to be the same as: Q133272711[7]
- Opposite of: foreskin restoration[8], female genital mutilation[9]
- Has part(s): circumcision controversy in early Christianity[10], circumcision in Islam[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Circumcision[12]
- Possible treatment: circumcising[13]
- Commons gallery: Circumcision[14]
- Described at URL: https://phongkhamdakhoahongphuc.vn[15], https://namkhoabienhoa.com[16]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[17], Pauly–Wissowa[18], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[20], Otto's encyclopedia[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], The American Cyclopædia[26]
- Topic has template: Template:Circumcision series[27]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/circumcision[28]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C87068[29]
- Different from: female genital mutilation[30], gender-affirming surgery[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[32], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
- WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/circumcision[34]
Why It Matters
circumcision has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] circumcision is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]