Noun
The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.
The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBoddy 2007, pp. 202, 299. The Egyptian government banned infibulation in state-run hospitals in 1959, but allowed partial clitoridectomy if parents requested it. Source: Internet
Gerry Mackie has suggested that infibulation originated there with the Meroite civilization (c. 800 BCE — c. 350 CE) and imperial polygyny, before the rise of Islam, to increase confidence in paternity. Source: Internet
Type IIImain Type III ( infibulation or pharaonic circumcision), the "sewn closed" category, involves the removal of the external genitalia and fusion of the wound. Source: Internet
Communities often refer to just two forms of FGM: pharaonic for infibulation and sunna for everything else. Source: Internet
In this last procedure (known as infibulation), a small hole is left for the passage of urine and menstrual fluid; the vagina is opened for intercourse and opened further for childbirth. Source: Internet
It may also be that FGM was "practiced in ancient Egypt as a sign of distinction among the aristocracy"; there are reports that traces of infibulation are on Egyptian mummies. Source: Internet