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At birth, the foreskin is adhered to the glans like a nail to a finger. ''Peri'ah'' (a Hebrew word that means "opening") is a second stage that was later added to the original milah procedure, which involves ripping the adhering mucous membrane from the glans, and removing foreskin as far as the base of the [[glans]] (AKA the corona) so that it is completely and permanently exposed. <ref>{{REFbook |last=Cohen, |first=Shaye J. D. " |chapter=A Brief History of Jewish Circumcision Blood." ''In |title=The Covenant of Circumcision'', ed. |editor=Elizabeth Wyner Mark. |location=Hanover, N.H.: |publisher=Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England, |year=2003. pp. |pages=32.}}</ref>