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Female circumcision Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Female circumcision has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

excision of the clitoris

2

The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.

See Also
infibulation organ foreskin mutilation clitoris removal prepuce clitoridectomy
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ablation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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