Medical Dictionary
female genital mutilation
noun
Medical Definition of FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
: clitoridectomy especially as a cultural rite sometimes with removal of the labia that is now outlawed in some nations including the United States—abbreviation FGM; called also female circumcision
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