noun
definition
A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
synonyms
definition
Marriage.
Examples of hymen in a Sentence
Occasionally the hymen is imperforate and then gives rise to trouble in menstruation.
The vulva or pudendum comprises all the female external generative organs, and consists of the mons Veneris, labia majora and minora, clitoris, urethral orifice, hymen, bulbs of the vestibule, and glands of Bartholin.
The glands of Bartholin are two oval bodies about half an inch long, lying on each side of the vagina close to its opening; they represent Cowper's glands in the male, and their ducts open by minute orifices between the hymen and the labia minora.
Near the lower part of the verumontanum is a little pouch, the utriculus masculinus, about one-eighth of an inch deep, the opening of which is guarded by a delicate membranous circular fold, the male hymen.
The hawthorn has been regarded as the emblem of hope, and its branches are stated to have been carried by the ancient Greeks in wedding processions, and to have been used by them to deck the altar of Hymen.
The vagina is often partially divided by a membraneous septum or hymen.
Thither lead the lovely fair, And let hymen too be there.
No restoring of dammaged hymen is possible in small towns or villages.
But here the holy hymen was never ruptured even tho the holy parents were having it off.
The hymen is a fold of mucous membrane which surrounds the orifice of the vagina and is usually only seen in the virgin.