clitoridectomyn.

Brit.

/ˌklɪt(ə)rᵻˈdɛktəmi/, U.S.

/ˌklɪdərəˈdɛktəmi/

Forms: 1800s– clitoridectomy, 1900s– clitorodectomy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clitoris n., -ectomy comb. form.

Etymology: < clitoris n. + -ectomy comb. form, with inserted -d- after the oblique stem clitorid- of post-classical Latin clitoris. Compare French clitoridectomie, German Klitoridektomie (both 1866).With form clitorodectomy compare -o- connective and clitoro- comb. form. N.E.D. (1889) gives the pronunciation as (kləi:tǫ̆ride·ktŏmi) /ˌklaɪtərɪˈdɛktəmɪ/.

Excision of all or part of the clitoris (as a surgical procedure or cultural practice); an instance of this. Also called clitorectomy n.As a cultural practice, clitoridectomy is one of several procedures known collectively as female circumcision (see female circumcision n. at female n. and adj. Compounds 1c) or female genital mutilation (see female genital mutilation n. at female n. and adj. Compounds 1c).

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs

female circumcision1697

nymphotomy1704

hysterotomy1707

ovariotomy1844

clitoridectomy1866

hysterectomy1872

oophorectomy1872

ovariectomy1873

clitorectomy1880

genital mutilation1884

myomotomy1884

myomectomy1886

salpingectomy1888

panhysterectomy1890

salpingo-oöphorectomy1890

trachelotomy1890

dilatation and curettage1906

vulvectomy1916

tubectomy1925

hymenectomy1931

salpingolysis1937

labiaplasty1964

scrape1968

female genital cutting1996

1866 I. B. Brown On Surg. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 306 More reasonable doubts have been expressed respecting those cases of epilepsy in which clitoridectomy has been performed, but in which the bromide of potassium has been employed as part of the treatment.

1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 59 It is generally carried out when the girls are young, except in the case of a woman bought or raided from some tribe which does not practise clitoridectomy.

1981 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 16 683/2 Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia who underwent total clitoridectomy during infancy and were raised as females were able to achieve orgasm at adulthood.

2006 Independent 8 Aug. (Extra section) 10/5 We've heard about ‘heathen’ African tribes who carry out clitoridectomies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clitoridectomy
释义	clitoridectomyn. Brit. /ˌklɪt(ə)rᵻˈdɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˌklɪdərəˈdɛktəmi/ Forms: 1800s– clitoridectomy, 1900s– clitorodectomy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clitoris n., -ectomy comb. form. Etymology: < clitoris n. + -ectomy comb. form, with inserted -d- after the oblique stem clitorid- of post-classical Latin clitoris. Compare French clitoridectomie, German Klitoridektomie (both 1866).With form clitorodectomy compare -o- connective and clitoro- comb. form. N.E.D. (1889) gives the pronunciation as (kləi:tǫ̆ride·ktŏmi) /ˌklaɪtərɪˈdɛktəmɪ/. Excision of all or part of the clitoris (as a surgical procedure or cultural practice); an instance of this. Also called clitorectomy n.As a cultural practice, clitoridectomy is one of several procedures known collectively as female circumcision (see female circumcision n. at female n. and adj. Compounds 1c) or female genital mutilation (see female genital mutilation n. at female n. and adj. Compounds 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs female circumcision1697 nymphotomy1704 hysterotomy1707 ovariotomy1844 clitoridectomy1866 hysterectomy1872 oophorectomy1872 ovariectomy1873 clitorectomy1880 genital mutilation1884 myomotomy1884 myomectomy1886 salpingectomy1888 panhysterectomy1890 salpingo-oöphorectomy1890 trachelotomy1890 dilatation and curettage1906 vulvectomy1916 tubectomy1925 hymenectomy1931 salpingolysis1937 labiaplasty1964 scrape1968 female genital cutting1996 1866 I. B. Brown On Surg. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 306 More reasonable doubts have been expressed respecting those cases of epilepsy in which clitoridectomy has been performed, but in which the bromide of potassium has been employed as part of the treatment. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 59 It is generally carried out when the girls are young, except in the case of a woman bought or raided from some tribe which does not practise clitoridectomy. 1981 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 16 683/2 Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia who underwent total clitoridectomy during infancy and were raised as females were able to achieve orgasm at adulthood. 2006 Independent 8 Aug. (Extra section) 10/5 We've heard about ‘heathen’ African tribes who carry out clitoridectomies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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