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Infibulation   Listen
noun
Infibulation  n.  
1.
The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.
2.
The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.






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"Infibulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... of females is the removal of the clitoris and the labia minora; introcision is the enlargement of the vaginal orifice by tearing it downwards; infibulation is the closing of the labia just after circumcision. Cf. Ploss, Das Weib, ...
— Introduction to the History of Religions - Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV • Crawford Howell Toy



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