female genital mutilation
female genital mutilation
nounDefinition of FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
: a procedure performed especially as a cultural rite that typically includes the total or partial excision of the female external genitalia and especially the clitoris and labia minora and that is now outlawed in many nations including the United States —abbreviation FGM —called also female circumcision — compare infibulation
First Known Use of FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
1979
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