Etymology

metzizah b'peh

Today it means: A practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound. Full definition →

Hebrew מְצִיצָה בְּפֶה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמְצִיצָה בְּפֶה
  2. English todaymetzizah b'peh

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

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