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female circumcisions

female circumcisions is the plural of female circumcision.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about female circumcisions

What is female circumcisions the plural of?
Female circumcisions is the plural of female circumcision.

Words near female circumcisions in the dictionary

  1. female alphas
  2. female chauvinism
  3. female chauvinist
  4. female chauvinists
  5. female circumcision
  6. female circumcisions
  7. female condom
  8. female condoms
  9. female dog
  10. female dogs
  11. female ejaculate

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