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infibulation definition

in·fib·u·la·tion (in fib′yo̵̅o̅ lā′s̸hən)

noun

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

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