verb
- to subject to infibulation; to clasp or fasten with a fibula or clasp
Usage: third person singular present tense; medical/anthropological context; sensitive topic; refers to a harmful traditional practice
Examples
- The medical literature documents cases where infibulates procedures have caused severe complications.
- Health organizations work to prevent practices that infibulates young girls in certain regions.
- The term infibulates appears in anthropological studies examining traditional practices across cultures.