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  2. Female genital mutilation - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Female genital mutilation ( FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting ( FGM/C) and female circumcision [a]) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva. The practice is found in some countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and within their respective diasporas.

  3. Medical procedure - Wikipedia

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    A medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare . A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring, or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test. Other common kinds of procedures are therapeutic (i.e., intended to treat, cure, or restore ...

  4. Hemicorporectomy - Wikipedia

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    Hemicorporectomy. Hemicorporectomy is a radical surgery in which the body below the waist is amputated, transecting the lumbar spine. This removes the legs, the genitalia (internal and external), urinary system, pelvic bones, anus, and rectum. [1] [2] It is a major procedure recommended only as a last resort for people with severe and ...

  5. Clitoridectomy - Wikipedia

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    Clitoridectomy. Clitoridectomy or clitorectomy is the surgical removal, reduction, or partial removal of the clitoris. [1] It is rarely used as a therapeutic medical procedure, such as when cancer has developed in or spread to the clitoris. Commonly, non-medical removal of the clitoris is performed during female genital mutilation.

  6. Infibulation - Wikipedia

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    Infibulation is the ritual removal of the vulva and its suturing, a practice found mainly in northeastern Africa, particularly in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. [1] The World Health Organization refers to the procedure as Type III female genital mutilation. The term can also refer to the entirely different practice of placing ...

  7. Urethral bulking injections - Wikipedia

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    Gynecology. [ edit on Wikidata] A urethral bulking injection is a gynecological procedure and medical treatment used to treat involuntary leakage of urine: urinary incontinence in women. Injectional materials are used to control stress incontinence. Bulking agents are injected into the mucosa surrounding the bladder neck and proximal urethra.

  8. Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Gender-affirming surgery for male-to-female transgender women or transfeminine non-binary people describes a variety of surgical procedures that alter the body to provide physical traits more comfortable and affirming to an individual's gender identity and overall functioning. Often used to refer to vaginoplasty, sex reassignment surgery ...

  9. Medical fetishism - Wikipedia

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    An intimate examination can form part of a scene in medical play where the nurse or doctor (or even or a nun) inflicts one or more embarrassing and humiliating quasi-medical procedures on the patient. Often, frozen or heated objects are introduced to the patient's body to simulate the uncomfortable sensations that can occur during a real ...