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female genital mutilations

female genital mutilations is the plural of female genital mutilation.

Meaning of female genital mutilation

Noun

female genital mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural female genital mutilations)

  1. The complete amputation or partial cutting of the vulva.
  2. Any mutilation of the female genitals done for non-medical reasons, such as the infliction of abrasion, burns (chemical or cauterizing), or cuts or slits, or amputation or piercing.
    Synonyms:
    FGM, khafd

Questions about female genital mutilations

What is female genital mutilations the plural of?
Female genital mutilations is the plural of female genital mutilation.

Words near female genital mutilations in the dictionary

  1. female ejaculation
  2. female ejaculations
  3. female gaze
  4. female genital cutting
  5. female genital mutilation
  6. female genital mutilations
  7. female ginseng
  8. female hysteria
  9. female impersonation
  10. female impersonations
  11. female impersonator

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