Dehymenization

Quick meaning: Dehymenization is a noun meaning (surgery) The surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.

Meaning

(surgery) The surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.

More Meanings

1. (risqué) The act of deflowering; a venereal depriving of the hymen, and hence, pucelage; defloration.

Example Sentences

… we might say, remembering Henry's project of “making a small hole” in Fanny's heart, with its overtones of dehymenization.

Wiping her face in the remnants of that of her 'husband', Imogen paints with antic grimness a post-coital tableau of bloody dehymenization.

A particular complaint is that some gynecologists insist on surgically disposing of the hymen of younger patients. Although surgical dehymenization is a …

The first is the "promiscuous" mixed-blood who frequently must sacrifice her life before the fade of the story for no other reason than her out-of-wedlock dehymenization.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for dehymenization

Depending on context, synonyms include hymenotomy, defloration, depucelage, devirgination, deflowerment, cherry-popping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dehymenisation, hymenotomy, hymenectomy, hymenoplasty, hymenorrhaphy, hoodectomy.

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