English Explanatory Dictionary

periah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a supplementary procedure in the bris following the milah (excision of the akroposthion) where the preputial epithelium of the foreskin is separated from the glans of the penis as a precursor to posthetomy.

Word forms

periah peria priah peri'a

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פְּרִיעָה (pri'á, “uncovering”).

Synonyms

bris periah
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