clitoridectomy

English

Alternative forms

• clitorectomy

Etymology

clitoris +‎ -ectomy

Noun

clitoridectomy (plural clitoridectomies)

1. (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision

Derived terms

• clitoridectomize

Translations

surgical procedure

• Esperanto: klitorektomio
• Finnish: klitoriksen poisto, klitoriksen poistoleikkaus
• French: clitoridectomie (fr) f
• Greek: κλειτοριδεκτομή (el) f (kleitoridektomí)
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• Italian: clitoridectomia f
• Polish: klitoridektomia (pl) f
• Spanish: clitoridectomía f

See also

• clitoridotomy
• infibulation