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dehymenisation

dehymenisation is the alternative form of dehymenization.

Meaning of dehymenization

Noun

dehymenization (uncountable)

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

Origin of dehymenisation

From de- + hymen + -isation.

Questions about dehymenisation

What is dehymenisation the alternative form of?
Dehymenisation is the alternative form of dehymenization.

Words near dehymenisation in the dictionary

  1. dehydroxylase
  2. dehydroxylases
  3. dehydroxylate
  4. dehydroxylated
  5. dehydroxylation
  6. dehymenisation
  7. dehymenization
  8. dehyphenation
  9. dehypnotisation
  10. dehypnotise
  11. dehypnotised

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