"female circumcision" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: female circumcisions [plural]
Etymology: From female + circumcision. Etymology templates: {{com|en|female|circumcision}} female + circumcision Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Circumcision Hypernyms: circumcision, female genital cutting, sometimes included under female genital mutilation [abbreviation] Related terms: infibulation Coordinate_terms: male circumcision
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  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. Tags: countable, often, proscribed, uncountable Translations (operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs): خِتَان اَلْإِنَاث (ḵitān al-ʔināṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), خفض [feminine] (Arabic), обря́зване (obrjázvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 女性生殖器切割 (nǚxìng shēngzhíqì qiēgē) (Chinese Mandarin), ženská obřízka [feminine] (Czech), kvindelig omskæring (Danish), naisten ympärileikkaus (Finnish), excision [feminine] (French), weibliche Genitalverstümmelung [feminine] (German), weibliche Genitalbeschneidung (German), Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals [feminine] (German), Beschneidung der Frau [feminine] (German), Klitorisbeschneidung [feminine] (German), Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien [feminine] (German), γυναικεία περιτομή (gynaikeía peritomí) [feminine] (Greek), okipoepoe wahine (Hawaiian), körülmetélés (Hungarian), umskurður [masculine] (Icelandic), 女性器切除 (joseiki setsujo) (alt: じょせいきせつじょ) (Japanese), 女子割礼 (joshi katsurei) (alt: じょしかつれい) (Japanese), FGM (FGM) (Japanese), xetenekirin (Northern Kurdish), اختفاض (Ottoman Turkish), klitoridektomia [feminine] (Polish), obrzezanie kobiet [neuter] (Polish), circuncisão feminina (Portuguese), clitoridotomie [feminine] (Romanian), clitoridectomie [feminine] (Romanian), circumcizie feminină [feminine] (Romanian), же́нское обреза́ние (žénskoje obrezánije) [neuter] (Russian), circuncisión femenina [feminine] (Spanish), ablación del clítoris [feminine] (Spanish), kvinnlig omskärelse [common-gender] (Swedish), könsstympning [common-gender] (Swedish), sünnet (Turkish), kadın sünneti (Turkish), מילה נקבֿה (english: mile nekeyve) (Yiddish)
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    "en:Circumcision"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "male circumcision"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "female",
        "3": "circumcision"
      },
      "expansion": "female + circumcision",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From female + circumcision.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "female circumcisions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "female circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural female circumcisions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "circumcision"
    },
    {
      "word": "female genital cutting"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "as FGM"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "sometimes included under female genital mutilation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "infibulation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clitoral hood",
          "clitoral hood"
        ],
        [
          "prepuce",
          "prepuce"
        ],
        [
          "foreskin",
          "foreskin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English proscribed terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "removal",
          "removal"
        ],
        [
          "vulva",
          "vulva"
        ],
        [
          "clitoris",
          "clitoris"
        ],
        [
          "labia",
          "labia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "often",
        "proscribed",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵitān al-ʔināṯ",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خِتَان اَلْإِنَاث"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خفض"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obrjázvane",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обря́зване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚxìng shēngzhíqì qiēgē",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "女性生殖器切割"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ženská obřízka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "kvindelig omskæring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "naisten ympärileikkaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "excision"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "weibliche Genitalverstümmelung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "weibliche Genitalbeschneidung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beschneidung der Frau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klitorisbeschneidung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gynaikeía peritomí",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γυναικεία περιτομή"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "okipoepoe wahine"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "körülmetélés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "umskurður"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょせいきせつじょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "joseiki setsujo",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "女性器切除"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょしかつれい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "joshi katsurei",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "女子割礼"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "FGM (FGM)"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "xetenekirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "اختفاض"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klitoridektomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obrzezanie kobiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "circuncisão feminina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clitoridotomie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clitoridectomie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circumcizie feminină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žénskoje obrezánije",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "же́нское обреза́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circuncisión femenina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ablación del clítoris"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvinnlig omskärelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "könsstympning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "sünnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "kadın sünneti"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "english": "mile nekeyve",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "sense": "operation involving removal of any of various parts of the female external genital organs",
      "word": "מילה נקבֿה"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "female genital mutilation"
  ],
  "word": "female circumcision"
}

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