hymenoplasty
hymenoplasty noun: plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
Noun
hymenoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural hymenoplasties)
- Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- Dr. Robert Stubbs, a Toronto-based plastic surgeon . . . has won international acclaim for refining the hymenoplasty procedure, which involves cutting away the scarred edge of the membrane broken during intercourse and narrowing the entrance of the vagina, then putting the pieces back together.2008 July 12, Diana Zlomislic, “The Virgin Makers”, in Toronto Star, page L1
- One of the options available to women under such pressure is hymenoplasty, in which a surgeon uses remnants of the hymen or tissue from the vaginal wall to create a "new hymen" that will break and bleed during intercourse.2010, Emily Maguire, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 36
- Synonyms:
- hymenorrhaphy
Synonyms of hymenoplasty
Forms of hymenoplasty
| plural | hymenoplasties |
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Origin of hymenoplasty
From hymen + -o- + -plasty.
Questions about hymenoplasty
- What does hymenoplasty mean?
- Hymenoplasty means plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- What part of speech is hymenoplasty?
- Hymenoplasty is a noun.
- What is the plural of hymenoplasty?
- The plural of hymenoplasty is hymenoplasties.
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