CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE

  

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CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE

Specialty Definition: CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE

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Health

A general term encompassing three types of excision of the external female genitalia - Sunna, clitoridectomy, and infibulation. It is associated with severe health risks and has been declared illegal in many places, but continues to be widely practiced in a number of countries, particularly in Africa. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 49 52 43 55 4D 43 49 53 49 4F 4E 2C      46 45 4D 41 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001001 01010010 01000011 01010101 01001101 01000011 01001001 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110 00101100 00100000 01000110 01000101 01001101 01000001 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#73 &#82 &#67 &#85 &#77 &#67 &#73 &#83 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#44 &#32 &#70 &#69 &#77 &#65 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0049 0052 0043 0055 004D 0043 0049 0053 0049 004F 004E 002C      0046 0045 004D 0041 004C 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

374352375547374353434948142403947354639

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