female circumcision

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From female +‎ circumcision.

female circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural female circumcisions)

1. The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.
   • Phimosis of the prepuce of the clitoris: indication for female circumcision by D G McLintock in J R Soc Med. 1985 March; 78(3): 257–258
2. (often proscribed) Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the vulva including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia. [from 17th c.]

• See the usage notes at circumcision.

• circumcision
• female genital cutting, sometimes included under female genital mutilation (abbreviated as FGM)

• male circumcision

• infibulation