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clitoridectomy
[ klit-er-i-dek-tuh-mee ]
noun
- the excision of the clitoris, usually performed as part of female initiation rites, mainly among certain African peoples, but also sometimes used in various societies to curb sexual desire; female circumcision.
clitoridectomy
/ ˌklɪtərɪˈdɛktəmɪ /
noun
- surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
Word History and Origins
Origin of clitoridectomy1
Example Sentences
Had her name included no s's, she probably would have bypassed a career in therapy and devoted herself to yanking out healthy molars or performing unwanted clitoridectomies on the schoolgirls of Africa.
In a statement on its website, Best Klinik denied "unreliable" reports about its "clitoridectomy service".
Moving on to Ofglen, who over two seasons has been subjected to a forced clitoridectomy and put out to pasture in a cesspool of nuclear waste.
While the word “clitoridectomy” is never spoken, it’s clear this is the mutilation imposed on Ofglen.
Unknowingly, I went to the same clinic where the clitoridectomy was performed and the doctor shamed me with a booklet entitled The Sin of Self-Pleasuring.
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