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epispasm

epispasm noun: a form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.

Noun

epispasm (uncountable)

  1. A form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.

Origin of epispasm

From Ancient Greek ἐπισπάω (epispáō, “draw the foreskin foreward”), from σπάω (spáō).

Questions about epispasm

What does epispasm mean?
Epispasm means a form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.
What part of speech is epispasm?
Epispasm is a noun.

Words near epispasm in the dictionary

  1. episomic
  2. epispadiac
  3. epispadiacs
  4. epispadias
  5. epispadiases
  6. epispasm
  7. epispastic
  8. epispastick
  9. epispasticks
  10. epispastics
  11. episperm

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