Meaning of dehymenization | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“Wiping her face in the remnants of that of her 'husband', Imogen paints with antic grimness a post-coital tableau of bloody dehymenization.”

“A particular complaint is that some gynecologists insist on surgically disposing of the hymen of younger patients. Although surgical dehymenization is a …”

“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.”

“… we might say, remembering Henry's project of “making a small hole” in Fanny's heart, with its overtones of dehymenization.”

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