# metzizah b'peh

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מְצִיצָה בְּפֶה (metsitsah b'peh, literally “oral suction”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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