Dictionary

female circumcision en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From female + circumcision.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, often, proscribed, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Coordinates

male circumcision

Hypernyms

circumcision · sometimes included under female genital mutilation · female genital cutting

Relateds

infibulation

Translations (38)

es circuncisión femenina (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · da kvindelig omskæring (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · de weibliche Genitalbeschneidung (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · tr sünnet (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · haw okipoepoe wahine (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · sv könsstympning (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · es ablación del clítoris (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ar خِتَان اَلْإِنَاث (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ru же́нское обреза́ние (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · fi naisten ympärileikkaus (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ro clitoridotomie (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ro clitoridectomie (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · de Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ja ＦＧＭ (FGM) (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · pl wyrzezanie (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · hu körülmetélés (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · fr excision (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ota اختفاض (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ar خفض (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · de Beschneidung der Frau (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · bg обря́зване (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · de Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · pl klitoridektomia (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · de weibliche Genitalverstümmelung (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · kmr xetenekirin (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · pt circuncisão feminina (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · cs ženská obřízka (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · hi महिला ख़तना (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ja 女性器切除 (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ro circumcizie feminină (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · is umskurður (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · ja 女子割礼 (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · cmn 女性生殖器切割 (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · el γυναικεία περιτομή (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · de Klitorisbeschneidung (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · yi מילה נקבֿה (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · tr kadın sünneti (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs) · sv kvinnlig omskärelse (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs)