HYMEN
\hˈa͡ɪmɛn], \hˈaɪmɛn], \h_ˈaɪ_m_ɛ_n]\
Definitions of HYMEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
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A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.
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Marriage; union as if by marriage.
By Oddity Software
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A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
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A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.
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Marriage; union as if by marriage.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The semilunar, parabolic, or circular fold, situate at the outer orifice of the vagina in virgins, especially during youth, and prior to menstruation. This membrane is ordinarily ruptured by the first venereal act, and is effaced by accouchement; some irregular flaps remaining, to which the name Carun'culae Myrtifor'mes has been given by reason of their resemblance to the leaves of the myrtle. Many circumstances of an innocent character may occasion a rupture or destruction of this membrane. It is often, indeed, found absent in children soon after birth; whilst it may remain entire after copulation. Hence the presence of the hymen does not absolutely prove virginity; nor does its absence prove incontinence; although its presence would be prima facie evidence of continence.
By Robley Dunglison
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Membranous fold which partly closes vaginal orifice.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A thin fold of mucous membrane, of varying shape, but usually crescentic, which, in the virgin, closes the ostium vaginae more or less completely.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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