dehymenization

English

Alternative forms

• dehymenisation

Etymology

From de- +‎ hymen +‎ -ization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

dehymenization (uncountable)

1. (surgery) The surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.
2. (risqué) The act of deflowering; a venereal depriving of the hymen, and hence, pucelage; defloration.
   • 1999, Simon Palfrey, Late Shakespeare: A New World of Words, The Oxford University Press, page 218

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

   • 1981, Christopher Norwood, At Highest Risk - Protecting Children from Environmental Injury, Penguin Books, page 139

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

   • 1984, Jon Tuska • Vicki Piekarski • Paul J. Blanding, The Frontier Experience - A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West, McFarland Publications, page 35

     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.

   • 2012, William Deresiewicz, Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets, The Columbia University Press - New York, page 76

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

Synonyms

• hymenotomy
• defloration
• depucelage
• devirgination
• deflowerment
• cherry-popping
• depucelation