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Definition of Female circumcision
1. Noun. Excision of the clitoris.
Definition of Female circumcision
1. Noun. An operation involving the removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs such as the clitoris, the clitoral hood and the labia; regarded as mutilation in many societies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Female Circumcision
Literary usage of Female circumcision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Circumcision, from the Earliest Times to the Present: Moral and by Peter Charles Remondino (1900)
"... the Arabs also practice female circumcision,—an operation not without considerable
medical import, as will be explained in the medical part of the work. ..."
2. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Now by Kama̜ Shastra society, Benares, Richard Francis Burton (1885)
"female circumcision, however, is I believe the rule amongst some outlying tribes
of Jews. ... The moral effect of female circumcision is peculiar. ..."
3. Moon-o-theism: A Study of Mideast Moon-God Religionsby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"G Many millions of Muslim women have their clitoris preemptively removed during
female circumcision just so they will not "spread corruption in ..."
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