Usually means: Surgical closure of external genitalia.
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  1. infibulation: Merriam-Webster
  2. infibulation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infibulation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. infibulation: Wordnik
  5. infibulation: Wiktionary
  6. infibulation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. infibulation: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. infibulation: Dictionary.com
  9. Infibulation (ancient athletics), Infibulation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Infibulation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. infibulation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Infibulation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. infibulation: FreeDictionary.org
  14. infibulation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. infibulation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Infibulation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)
  2. infibulation: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. infibulation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (infibulation)

▸ noun:  An act of fastening, especially the stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse.

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fasciation, interfixation, fettering, strapping, ligation, ligature, abligation, imbrication, interfix, lock, more...



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