circumcision
noun
Meaning
- The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis.
- The surgical removal of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- (sometimes proscribed) The surgical removal of the clitoris; clitoridectomy, usually referred to as female genital mutilation
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