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▪ I. hymen2|ˈhaɪmən|
[a. Gr. ὑµήν, ὑµένος thin skin, membrane. Cf. F. hymen (Paré 16th c.).]
1. Anat. The virginal membrane, a fold of mucous membrane stretched across and partially closing the external orifice of the vagina.
1615Crooke Body of Man 235 Let vs set downe..the true History of the Hymen. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn., Hymen, is a circular Folding of the inner Membrane of the Vagina. 1789Baillie in Phil. Trans. LXXIX. 76 The existence of the hymen..becomes a collateral confirmation of the same opinion. 1807M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (ed. 7) 392 The hymen was perfect; and the uterus had not received that increase of bulk which is usual at puberty.
†2. Bot. (See quot.) Obs.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Hymen is..used by botanists for a fine delicate skin, wherewith flowers are inclosed while in the bud, and which bursts as the flower blows or opens. 1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1818in Todd; and in later dicts.
3. Conch. The ligament between the opposite valves of a bivalve shell.
4. Comb., as hymen-like adj.
1889J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Wom. xv. (ed. 4) 108 A diaphragm or hymen-like membranous dissepiment.
▪ II. hymen
var. hemen pron., Obs., them. |