Circumcision, Male MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Circumcision, Male
Tree Number(s): E02.218.085.170; E04.085.170; E04.950.774.860.226
Unique ID: D002944
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002944
Scope Note: Excision of the prepuce of the penis (FORESKIN) or part of it.
Entry Term(s): Male Circumcision
See Also: Foreskin
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see CIRCUMCISION 1966-2006
History Note: 2007(1966)
Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/09/01

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Therapeutics [E02]
- Cosmetic Techniques [E02.218]
  - Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic [E02.218.085]

Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
- Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic [E04.085]

Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
- Urogenital Surgical Procedures [E04.950]
  - Urologic Surgical Procedures [E04.950.774]
    - Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male [E04.950.774.860]

Circumcision, Male Preferred

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