Definitions
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- noun One who carries out
circumcision .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The law is not enforced because to enforce it, you have to first see it (mutilation) happening; people have to inform on the circumcisor and she has to be caught in the act," says Amadou.
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In this case, a New York mohel, or Jewish ritual circumcisor, performed the operation in the baby's home, Llewellyn said.
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"During the excision I lost a lot of blood, and while the pain was convulsing me the woman there (the circumcisor) said, 'Stop crying, your case is still tolerable.
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Thank God, I'm making a lot more money selling spices than I was as a circumcisor, "Himadou, who hails from the southern region of Tillaberi, told IPS.
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HIV/Aids with the use of non-sterilized instruments by the circumcisor, "Dr Bako Bagassi of the Niamey-based National
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