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female genital mutilation

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female genital mutilation  
n.   Abbr. FGM
Female circumcision.
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Main Entry: female genital mutilation
Function: noun
: clitoridectomy especially as a cultural rite sometimes with removal of the labia that is now outlawed in somenations including the U.S. —abbreviation FGM called also female circumcision
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