Meaning Of The Word Infibulation

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infibulation in American English
the practice, as in some areas of North Africa, of sewing up most of the opening to the vagina, esp. of unmarried girls, to prevent sexual intercourse
noun: the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood

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