hymenologies

Noun

hymenology (plural hymenologies)

1. The scientific study of the hymen.
   • CHAPTER 3
     Hymenology
     Given the pronounced variations in size and shape from woman to woman, perhaps it would be more accurate to identify the hymen as a site than as an anatomical part.2008, Hanne Blank, Virgin: The Untouched History, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 32
2. (countable) A treatise on the topic of the hymen.
   • It may be helpful at this point to anticipate part of the argument in Chapter 1, “Hymenologies: the multiple signs of virginity.” Today, the primary physiological “sign” of virginity in women is considered to be the “unbroken” hymen; [...]2002, Kathleen Coyne Kelly, chapter 1, in Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages, Routledge, →ISBN
3. The scientific study of membranes in general.

   Synonyms:

   membranology

4. (countable) A treatise on the topic of membranes.
   • There exist treatises on membranes or hymenologies; descriptions of membranes or hymenographies.2017, Jacques Derrida, Acts of Literature, Routledge, →ISBN