posthetomy
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “prepuce”) + -tomy.
Noun
[edit]posthetomy (countable and uncountable, plural posthetomies)
- (medicine) Excision of the foreskin; posthectomy; circumcision.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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:
- “posthetomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.