The act of temporarily, whether through sewing, piercing or other means, closing up the sexual organs inside the body so that they can't be used. Usually part of a chastity fetish ritual, but sometimes of interest to those undergoing gender reassignment.
(in·FIB·u·la·tion). Anciently a simple surgical procedure where a surgeon would pierce the foreskin to receive a light wooden pin called a fibula. See Celsus, De Medicina 7.25.2.
A form of female genital cutting (FGC) that involves removal of some or all of the labia minora, cutting of the labia major, and stitching of the labial surfaces to form a hood of skin covering the urethra and most of the vagina, leaving a small opening.
Infibulation is the process of piercing of the male foreskin or female labia in order to prevent sexual intercourse. Jewelry connects the two sides of the piercing so that the glans penis cannot be exposed in males or the vagina penetrated in women.
The stitching together of the sides of the vulva or vaginal opening.
The ritual practice of cutting off the inner labia and stitching together the outer lips; a part of female circumcision practiced in some cultures.
Excision of the clitoris, the labia minora, and the labia majora, or closure of the vagina.
Infibulation, in its modern use of the word, is the practice of surgical closure of the female labia majora by sewing them together to seal off the female genitalia, leaving only a small hole for the passage of urine and menstrual blood. This is usually done on young girls around the onset of puberty, to ensure chastity. It is usually linked with female circumcision, or removal of the clitoris and, usually, the labia minora as well, in order to render women theoretically less sexual.