verb
- to practice female genital cutting or mutilation
Usage: medical; anthropological
Examples
- The practice to infibulate young girls is illegal in many countries.
- Medical professionals work to educate communities about the dangers of procedures that infibulate.
- International organizations campaign against the tradition to infibulate.
- Some cultures historically would infibulate as a rite of passage.
- Modern medicine strongly opposes any attempt to infibulate.