female genital mutilation
Noun
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Noun
female genital mutilation
- The complete amputation or partial cutting of the external female genitalia. [from 20th c.]
- 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. [from 21st c.]
- FGM
- French: mutilations génitales féminines
- German: Verstümmelung weiblicher Genitalien, Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien
- Spanish: mutilación genital femenina
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