单词 | clitoridectomy |
释义 | clitoridectomyn. Excision of all or part of the clitoris (as a surgical procedure or cultural practice); an instance of this. Also called clitorectomy n.As a cultural practice, clitoridectomy is one of several procedures known collectively as female circumcision (see female circumcision n. at female n. and adj. Compounds 1c) or female genital mutilation (see female genital mutilation n. at female n. and adj. Compounds 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs female circumcision1697 nymphotomy1704 hysterotomy1707 ovariotomy1844 clitoridectomy1866 hysterectomy1872 oophorectomy1872 ovariectomy1873 clitorectomy1880 genital mutilation1884 myomotomy1884 myomectomy1886 salpingectomy1888 panhysterectomy1890 salpingo-oöphorectomy1890 trachelotomy1890 dilatation and curettage1906 vulvectomy1916 tubectomy1925 hymenectomy1931 salpingolysis1937 labiaplasty1964 scrape1968 female genital cutting1996 1866 I. B. Brown On Surg. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 306 More reasonable doubts have been expressed respecting those cases of epilepsy in which clitoridectomy has been performed, but in which the bromide of potassium has been employed as part of the treatment. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 59 It is generally carried out when the girls are young, except in the case of a woman bought or raided from some tribe which does not practise clitoridectomy. 1981 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 16 683/2 Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia who underwent total clitoridectomy during infancy and were raised as females were able to achieve orgasm at adulthood. 2006 Independent 8 Aug. (Extra section) 10/5 We've heard about ‘heathen’ African tribes who carry out clitoridectomies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866 |
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