nymphotomyn.

Brit.

/nɪmˈfɒtəmi/, U.S.

/nɪmˈfɑdəmi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nymphotomia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nymphotomia (1679 in the source translated in quot. 1684) < Hellenistic Greek or Byzantine Greek νυμϕοτομία removal of the clitoris (6th cent. a.d., citing an author of the 3rd cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek νύμϕη clitoris (see nympha n.) + -τομία -tomy comb. form. Compare French nymphotomie (1721).Compare isolated earlier borrowing as nymphotomia (the quot. is apparently the source of the passage cited in quot. 1704):1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 208 Nymphotomia is a cutting off the Nymphæ, the too great Protuberance whereof in marriageable Virgins sometimes hinders the Enjoyment, or at least renders it difficult.

Surgery. rare. Now historical.

Surgical excision or reduction of one or both of the labia minora (nymphae).

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

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Nymphotomy, is a Cutting-off the Nymphæ, the too great Protuberance whereof in Marriageable Virgins sometimes hinders Coitus, or at least renders it difficult.

1897 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. vi. 307 Mauriceau performed nymphotomy on a woman whose nymphae were so long as to render coitus difficult.

2001 Isis 92 326 Nymphotomy was known among Greeks as something practiced by the Egyptians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nymphotomy
释义	nymphotomyn. Brit. /nɪmˈfɒtəmi/, U.S. /nɪmˈfɑdəmi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nymphotomia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nymphotomia (1679 in the source translated in quot. 1684) < Hellenistic Greek or Byzantine Greek νυμϕοτομία removal of the clitoris (6th cent. a.d., citing an author of the 3rd cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek νύμϕη clitoris (see nympha n.) + -τομία -tomy comb. form. Compare French nymphotomie (1721).Compare isolated earlier borrowing as nymphotomia (the quot. is apparently the source of the passage cited in quot. 1704):1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 208 Nymphotomia is a cutting off the Nymphæ, the too great Protuberance whereof in marriageable Virgins sometimes hinders the Enjoyment, or at least renders it difficult. Surgery. rare. Now historical. Surgical excision or reduction of one or both of the labia minora (nymphae). 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 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Nymphotomy, is a Cutting-off the Nymphæ, the too great Protuberance whereof in Marriageable Virgins sometimes hinders Coitus, or at least renders it difficult. 1897 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. vi. 307 Mauriceau performed nymphotomy on a woman whose nymphae were so long as to render coitus difficult. 2001 Isis 92 326 Nymphotomy was known among Greeks as something practiced by the Egyptians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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