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dehymenization

/diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

dehymenization noun: the surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.

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
    • 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

Examples of dehymenization in a sentence

  • 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...
  • … 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

Synonyms of dehymenization

Forms of dehymenization

alternative formdehymenisation

Origin of dehymenization

From de- + hymen + -ization.

Questions about dehymenization

What does dehymenization mean?
Dehymenization means the surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.
How do you use dehymenization in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is dehymenization?
Dehymenization is a noun.
How do you pronounce dehymenization?
Dehymenization is pronounced /diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/.

Words near dehymenization in the dictionary

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

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