# Female genital mutilation { "id": "S93002781", "title": "Female genital mutilation", "url": "/topics/S93002781", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "3cc542bff29c90f6", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "632839310600962592", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 22, 11376, 29696 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered works on practices that involve surgery of the external female genital organs and that may vary in extent from simple cutting of the clitoral prepuce to total excision of the clitoris and parts of the labia. Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93002781 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.