"female genital mutilation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: female genital mutilations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} female genital mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural female genital mutilations)
  1. The complete amputation or partial cutting of the external female genitalia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Amputation, Genitalia Translations (the complete amputation or partial cutting of the external female genitalia): 残割女性生殖器 (Chinese Mandarin), virina seksa mutilado (Esperanto), ekscizo (Esperanto), naisen sukupuolielinten silpominen (Finnish), mutilations génitales féminines [feminine, plural] (French), mutilación xenital feminina [feminine] (Galician), Verstümmelung weiblicher Genitalien [feminine] (German), Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien [feminine] (German), ακρωτηριασμός γυναικείων γεννητικών οργάνων (akrotiriasmós gynaikeíon gennitikón orgánon) [masculine] (Greek), wyrzezanie [neuter] (Polish), mutilación genital femenina [feminine] (Spanish), ukeketaji (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-female_genital_mutilation-en-noun-gTlXUYpx Disambiguation of Amputation: 56 44 Disambiguation of Genitalia: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'the complete amputation or partial cutting of the external female genitalia': 89 11
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: FGM Hypernyms: genital mutilation Hyponyms: female genital cutting (alt: FGC), female circumcision Coordinate_terms: male genital mutilation
    Sense id: en-female_genital_mutilation-en-noun-5L1uO7w3 Disambiguation of Violence: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Child abuse Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Child abuse: 8 92

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