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Clitoridectomy vs Excision - What's the difference?

clitoridectomy | excision |

In surgery terms the difference between clitoridectomy and excision

is that clitoridectomy is the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision while excision is the removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.

clitoridectomy

English

Alternative forms

* clitorectomy

Noun

(clitoridectomies)
  • (label) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision

    • Derived terms

    * clitoridectomize

    See also

    * clitoridotomy * infibulation

    excision

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deletion of some text during editing.
  • (surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.
  • (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
  • (topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.