clitoridectomy

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And religiously-motivated practices like circumcision for boys and clitoridectomy for girls have increasingly struck people who reject the practices as barbaric mutilation in the service of supernatural delusion.

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  • And religiously-motivated practices like circumcision for boys and clitoridectomy for girls have increasingly struck people who reject the practices as barbaric mutilation in the service of supernatural delusion. —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
  • Where there is essentially one form of male circumcision, there are at least three recognized female types: Sunna, clitoridectomy, and infibulation, the last being the most extreme. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The most severe form of female circumcision, it includes clitoridectomy and the sewing together of the outer labia to cover the opening to the vagina.
  • A drastic form of clitoridectomy in which the labia are sewn together over the openings to the vagina and urethra.
  • Blue Cross / Blue Shield had a code for clitoridectomy till 1977. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
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  1. Greek kleitoris, kleitorid-, clitoris; see clitoris + -ectomy.

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  1. from Greek κλειτορίς (-ριδ-), clitoris, + ἐκτομή, excision, from ἐκτέμνειν, excise, from ἐξ, out, + τέμνειν, cut.
 

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/klaɪtərɪˈdɛktəmi/
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