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disease > genital diseases > female genital diseases > female genital cutting
disease > trauma > mutilation > female genital cutting

Preferred term

female genital cutting  

Definition

  • Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. (Wikipedia)

Entry terms

  • female genital and sexual mutilation

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-T0H436M8-4

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