| 单词 | female genital mutilation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfemale genital mutilation female genital mutilation n. partial or total removal of, or other alteration to, the external genitals of a girl or woman, carried out for non-medical reasons; the practice of performing such procedures; abbreviated FGM.Sometimes offensive. ΚΠ 1975 R. O. Hayes in Amer. Ethnologist 2 617 (title) Female genital mutilation, fertility control, women's roles, and the patrilineage in modern Sudan. 1992 Ebony May 88/1 She returns to sensitive literary territory, this time taking on some sections of Africa by challenging an ancient and largely unspoken tradition of female genital mutilation called pharaonic circumcision. 2008 J. Byrne in J. Edwins Community Midwifery Pract. viii. 160 Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been illegal in the UK since 1985. < as lemmas |
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