clitoridectomy
(ˌklaɪtərɪˈdɛktəmɪ)
[f. Gr. κλιτοριδ- clitoris + ἐκτοµή excision.]
Excision of the clitoris.
| 1866 Brit. Med. Jrnl. ii. 672/1 The excision of the clitoris as a cure for hysteria... The author gave his reasons for believing that the operation of clitoridectomy will not prove of permanent value. 1908 H. Johnston Grenfell & Congo II. xxv. 666 Circumcision in the males or clitoridectomy in the females. 1960 Arch. Gen. Psychiatry III. 445/2 The so-called orificial surgeons performed clitoridectomy on thousands of children. |