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Kook j Posted 15 years ago
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Cold hard steel

Circumission. For reasons Auvert and other scientists do not fully understand, circumission was found to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by as much as 60 percent in heterosexual men. Subsequent studies in Kenya and Uganda corraborated Auvert's result.

All over Africa, foreskins began to fall. "People are used to policies that target behaviors," said one South African health official, "but circumission is a surgical intervention - it's cold, hard steel."

Would it be right to understand the underlined phrase meaning a surgical equipment?
  

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kook j Would it be right to understand the underlined phrase meaning --a-- surgical equipment? Yes. com/dictionary/circumcision CJ

  • kook j Would it be right to understand the underlined phrase meaning --a-- surgical equipment?
  • Yes.
  • com/dictionary/circumcision CJ
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kook jWould it be right to understand the underlined phrase meaning --a-- surgical equipment?
Yes. And note the spelling:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumcision

CJ

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