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Hymen
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hymen /hy·men/ (hi´men) the membranous fold partially or wholly occluding the external vaginal orifice.hy´menal
hy·men (hmn)
n.
A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice.
hymen·al adj.
Hymen
A membrane that partially or completely covers the vaginal opening.
Mentioned in: Amenorrhea, Vulvodynia
hymen
the membranous fold partly or completely closing the vaginal orifice usually inconspicuous in domestic animals.
imperforate hymen, persistent hymen
white heifer disease associated commonly with cattle with all-white coats but occurs also in cattle of other colors and sporadically in other species. The heifer comes on heat and may breed but with difficulty and with straining afterwards. On rectal examination there is a distended uterus. The membrane may be rupturable and the animal conceive but there may be other tubular defects and the animals are best discarded.
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As a foreign intelligence service, the Stasi made few penetrations outside West Germany (where the term was disconcertingly literal--the Stasi specialized in so-called Romeo traps, sending handsome young spies to charm government secretaries out of not only their hymens but the documents they typed at work).
The horrors of the Stasi's East Germany by Garvin, Glenn / Reason
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Dracula comes from Eastern Europe, where mysterious Slavic, capitalistic people come from; and the men that set out to capture him are concerned he might have stolen English money, as well as their women's hymens.
Guy Maddin's Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary by Binning, Cheryl / Take One
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