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hymen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | maidenhead, virginal membrane |
| Type of | mucosa, mucous membrane |
| Has types | imperforate hymen |
| Derivation | hymenal |
| Type | Words |
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Examples of hymen
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A nurse examines the girl and finds an intact hymen with three, non-acute tears.
From the freep.com
Sometimes the hymen is tougher than usual, and a simple procedure can fix that.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sometimes the hymen is too tough or covers the vaginal opening almost completely.
From the guardian.co.uk
If having intercourse is very painful because your hymen is intact, tell him.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If the hymen is sufficiently elastic, it may return to nearly its original condition.
From the en.wikipedia.org
And an ethical dilemma faces doctors asked to do surgical hymen repair.
From the nytimes.com
The hymen is a membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It could be a boy, I suppose, but I'm not sure where his hymen would be.
From the guardian.co.uk
The introitus is sometimes partly covered by a membrane called the hymen.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
- A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
- The hymen or the vaginal corona, is a fold of mucous membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia.Emans, S. Jean. ...
- Hymen (Ancientu00A0Greek: u1F59u03BCu03AEu03BD), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in ancient Greece, was a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the Epithalamium, which was sung at the nuptial threshold...
- A mucous membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females
- A membrane that partially covers the virgin vagina.
- Greek = membrane; across the virginal vagina.
- A thin membrane that initially covers part of the vaginal opening; it is stretched during marital relations and generally disappears after a few episodes of relations
- A fold of skin partially covering the opening to the vagina.
