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clitoridectomy
clit·o·ri·dec·to·my [ klìttəri déktəmee ] (plural clit·o·ri·dec·to·mies)


noun 
Definition:
 
female circumcision: the cutting off of all or part of a woman's or girl's clitoris, practiced in some societies as a social or cultural rite of passage
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