hymen

(hī'mən)
n.
A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice.

[Late Latin hymēn, from Greek humēn, thin skin, membrane.]

hymenal hy'men·al adj.

(heye-muhn)

A thin fold of mucous membrane that covers all or part of the entrance to the vagina.

An apparently intact hymen is valued in some cultures as proof of virginity in a bride; this “proof,” however, is not accurate. The hymen may appear incomplete in a virgin, and it may appear intact in a woman who has engaged in sexual intercourse.

The membranous fold partly or completely closing the vaginal orifice usually inconspicuous in domestic animals.

• imperforate h., 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.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hymen, mødomshinde

Nederlands (Dutch)
maagdenvlies, huwelijksgod

Français (French)
n. - hymen

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hymen, Jungfernhäutchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μυθολ.) Υμέναιος, (ανατ.) (παρθενικός) υμένας

Italiano (Italian)
imene

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hímen (m) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
Гименей, брачный союз, девственная плева

Español (Spanish)
n. - himen, himeneo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hymen, mödomshinna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
处女膜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 處女膜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 처녀막, 휘멘(혼인의 신), 결혼의 축가

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 処女膜, ヒュメナイオス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هيمان اله الزوج عند قدماء اليونان, غشاء البكارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בתולים, נישואים‬

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