dehymenization

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/diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

noun

The surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.

Scrabble 32

Meanings

noundehymenization (uncountable)

alternative dehymenisation

  1. uncountablemedicineThe surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.
  2. uncountableThe act of deflowering; a venereal depriving of the hymen, and hence, pucelage; defloration.

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

    2012, William Deresiewicz, Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets, The Columbia University Press - New York, page 76
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    Wiping her face in the remnants of that of her 'husband', Imogen paints with antic grimness a post-coital tableau of bloody dehymenization.

    1999, Simon Palfrey, Late Shakespeare: A New World of Words, The Oxford University Press, page 218

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

    1981, Christopher Norwood, At Highest Risk - Protecting Children from Environmental Injury, Penguin Books, page 139

    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.

    1984, Jon Tuska • Vicki Piekarski • Paul J. Blanding, The Frontier Experience - A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West, McFarland Publications, page 35

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