genital mutilation

English

Noun

genital mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural genital mutilations)

1. The complete amputation or partial cutting of the external genitalia of either gender; abbreviated GM. [from 20th c.]

Hypernyms

• body modification

Hyponyms

• female genital mutilation
  • female genital cutting
    • female circumcision
• male genital mutilation
  • male genital cutting
    • male circumcision