metzizah b'peh

/məˌt͡siːt͡sə bəˈpeɪ/

noun

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

OriginHebrew מְצִיצָה בְּפֶה →
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Meanings

nounmetzizah b'peh (uncountable)
  1. JudaismuncountableA practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound.

Origin

  1. Hebrewמְצִיצָה בְּפֶה
  2. Englishmetzizah b'peh

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

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