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'''Aposthia''' is a term that refers to the rare condition of being born without a [[foreskin]].
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, E. S. Talbot claimed in ''Medicine'' that aposthia among Jews was evidence for the now-discredited Lamarckian theory of evolution.<ref>{{REFjournal |first=E. S. |last=Talbot, " |title=Inheritance of circumcision effects", '' |journal=Medicine'' |date=1898.}}</ref> It is likely that the cases he described were actually [[hypospadias]], a condition in which the urinary meatus is on the underside of the penis.
== Aposthia in Judaism ==
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