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Meaning of female circumcision | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.
    countable, uncountable
  2. 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.
    countable, often, proscribed, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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