female circumcision

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Etymology

From female +‎ circumcision.

Noun

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.]

Usage notes

Female circumcision, when performed without medical necessity (e.g., routinely or religiously), is widely recognized as a form of genital mutilation.

Hypernyms

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

Coordinate terms

• male circumcision

Related terms

• infibulation

Translations

operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs

• Arabic: خِتَان اَلْإِنَاث m (ḵitān al-ʔināṯ), خفض f
• Bulgarian: обря́зване (bg) n (obrjázvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女性生殖器切割 (nǚxìng shēngzhíqì qiēgē)

• Czech: ženská obřízka f
• Danish: kvindelig omskæring
• Finnish: naisten ympärileikkaus
• French: excision (fr) f
• German: weibliche Genitalverstümmelung f, weibliche Genitalbeschneidung, Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals f, Beschneidung der Frau f, Klitorisbeschneidung f, Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien f
• Greek: γυναικεία περιτομή f (gynaikeía peritomí)
• Hawaiian: okipoepoe wahine
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: körülmetélés (hu)
• Icelandic: umskurður m
• Japanese: 女性器切除 (じょせいきせつじょ, joseiki setsujo), 女子割礼 (じょしかつれい, joshi katsurei), ＦＧＭ (FGM)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xetenekirin

• Ottoman Turkish: اختفاض
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: klitoridektomia (pl) f, obrzezanie kobiet n
• Portuguese: circuncisão feminina (pt)
• Romanian: clitoridotomie f, clitoridectomie f, circumcizie feminină f
• Russian: же́нское обреза́ние n (žénskoje obrezánije)
• Spanish: circuncisión femenina f, ablación del clítoris f
• Swedish: kvinnlig omskärelse c, könsstympning (sv) c
• Turkish: sünnet (tr), kadın sünneti
• Yiddish: מילה נקבֿה (mile nekeyve)