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Sunna Circumcision

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circumcision /cir·cum·ci·sion/ (ser″kum-sizh´un) the removal of all or part of the foreskin of the penis in males; see also female c.
female circumcision  any of various procedures involving either excision of a portion of the external female genitalia or infibulation.
pharaonic circumcision  a type of female circumcision comprising two procedures: a radical form in which the clitoris, labia minora, and labia majora are removed and the remaining tissues approximated, and a modified form in which the prepuce and glans of the clitoris and adjacent labia minora are removed.
Sunna circumcision  a form of female circumcision in which the prepuce of the clitoris is removed.

Sunna Circumcision
A type of female genial cutting (mutilation) in which part of or the entire clitoris is removed


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The least invasive form of FGM is Sunna circumcision, by which the clitoral hood is removed without damaging the clitoris itself.
 
 
 
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