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Circumcision trauma includes both physical trauma and psychic trauma. | Circumcision trauma includes both physical trauma and psychic trauma. | ||
===Physical circumcision trauma=== | ===Physical circumcision trauma=== | ||
Circumcision, more properly described as ''posthectomy'', is the surgical excision and amputation of the foreskin of the penis, which permanently removes a significant portion of the epithelium of the penis and destroys the significant and important [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protective]], [[Foreskin#Immunological_functions| immunological]], [[Foreskin#Sexual_functions| sexual]], and [[Foreskin#Sexual_behavior| sensory]] physiological functions of that structure, and leaves the patient permanently and irreversibly impaired. | Circumcision, more properly described as ''posthectomy'', is the surgical excision and amputation of the foreskin of the penis, which permanently removes a significant portion of the epithelium of the penis and destroys the significant and important [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protective]], [[Foreskin#Immunological_functions| immunological]], [[Foreskin#Sexual_functions| sexual]], and [[Foreskin#Sexual_behavior| sensory]] physiological functions of that structure, and leaves the patient permanently and irreversibly impaired.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> | ||
===Psychic circumcision trauma=== | ===Psychic circumcision trauma=== | ||