Definition of Hymenal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the hymen.

Partainyms: Hymen
Derivative terms: Hymen

Definition of Hymenal

1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, the hymen ¹

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Definition of Hymenal

1. hymen [adj] - See also: hymen

Medical Definition of Hymenal

1. Relating to the hymen. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenal

hylotheist
hylotheists
hylozoic
hylozoism
hylozoisms
hylozoist
hylozoistic
hylozoists
hym
hymar
hymecromone
hymen bifenestratus
hymen sculptatus
hymen subseptus
hymenal (current term)
hymenally challenged
hymeneal
hymeneally
hymeneals
hymenean
hymenectomy
hymenia
hymenial
hymenial cystidium
hymeniderm
hymeniderms
hymeniform
hymenitis

Literary usage of Hymenal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"429, 1893) has recorded an unusual case of hymenal imperforation without ... The first step in the treatment of hymenal imperforation consists in the ..."

2. A Manual of gynecology by John Osborn Polak (1922)
"A crucial incision is made in the hymenal membrane with the cautery knife, and the fluid allowed to escape. The patency of the opening is maintained with a ..."

3. Pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of women by August Eduard Martin (1890)
"Only very lately I have twice found the hymenal ring so hard, like cartilage, that I had to excise it ; then cohabitation soon became tolerable. b. ..."

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