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}}</ref> [...] The procedure is most often an elective surgery performed on neonates and children for religious and cultural reasons, but in other cases may be indicated for both therapeutic and prophylactic reasons. It is a treatment option for pathological phimosis, refractory balanoposthitis and chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs); it is contraindicated in cases of certain genital structure abnormalities or poor general health." (Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision Wikipedia])
'''Posthectomy''' is a more accurate medical termthat more accurately reflects the injury and loss of functional body tissue, but the Biblical euphemism, ''circumcision'', is more commonly used.
== Historical background ==