HYMEN


Meaning of HYMEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhī-mən ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek hymēn membrane

Date: 1543

: a fold of mucous membrane partly closing the orifice of the vagina

• hy·men·al -mə-n ə l adjective

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