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The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, often, proscribed, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
excision of the clitoris
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clitoridectomy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
From female + circumcision.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خِتَان اَلْإِنَاث
(ḵitān al-ʔināṯ)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Arabic:
خفض
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Bulgarian:
обря́зване
(obrjázvane)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Chinese Mandarin:
女性生殖器切割
(nǚxìng shēngzhíqì qiēgē)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Czech:
ženská obřízka
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Danish:
kvindelig omskæring
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Finnish:
naisten ympärileikkaus
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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French:
excision
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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German:
weibliche Genitalverstümmelung
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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German:
weibliche Genitalbeschneidung
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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German:
Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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German:
Beschneidung der Frau
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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German:
Klitorisbeschneidung
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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German:
Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Greek:
γυναικεία περιτομή
(gynaikeía peritomí)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Hawaiian:
okipoepoe wahine
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Hungarian:
körülmetélés
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Icelandic:
umskurður
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Japanese:
女性器切除
(joseiki setsujo)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Japanese:
女子割礼
(joshi katsurei)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Japanese:
FGM (FGM)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Northern Kurdish:
xetenekirin
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Polish:
klitoridektomia
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Polish:
wyrzezanie
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Portuguese:
circuncisão feminina
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Romanian:
clitoridotomie
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Romanian:
clitoridectomie
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Romanian:
circumcizie feminină
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Russian:
же́нское обреза́ние
(žénskoje obrezánije)
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Spanish:
circuncisión femenina
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Spanish:
ablación del clítoris
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Swedish:
kvinnlig omskärelse
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Swedish:
könsstympning
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Turkish:
sünnet
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Turkish:
kadın sünneti
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Ottoman Turkish:
اختفاض
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
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Yiddish:
מילה נקבֿה
— operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs
