FEMALECIRCUMCISION

female circumcision

Noun

  1. the specific removal of solely the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent
  2. Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia; regarded as mutilation in many societies.


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