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metzizah b'peh

metzizah b'peh noun: a practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound.

Noun

metzizah b'peh (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) A practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound.

Origin of metzizah b'peh

Borrowed from Hebrew מְצִיצָה בְּפֶה (metsitsah b'peh, literally “oral suction”).

Questions about metzizah b'peh

What does metzizah b'peh mean?
Metzizah b'peh means a practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound.
What part of speech is metzizah b'peh?
Metzizah b'peh is a noun.

Words near metzizah b'peh in the dictionary

  1. metzincin
  2. metzincins
  3. Metzinger
  4. Metzingers
  5. metzitza
  6. metzizah b'peh
  7. Metzler
  8. Metzlerian
  9. Metzlers
  10. Metzner
  11. Metzners

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