Hymen

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(Greek mythology) the god of marriage

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a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin

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Her hymenal abnormality was corrected at the time of evacuation of retained products of conception.
In the VTVEVEI trial (a multicenter international study), treatment in the active group consisted of a single, 30-minute outpatient procedure that delivered 90 J/[cm.sup.2] of radiofrequency energy at the level just behind the hymenal ring behind the vaginal introitus.
(16) The system uses the position of six defined points measured in cm above or below a fixed point (the hymenal ring) while the patient is straining.
"It is surprising to know that a person, claiming as a 16year old minor (sic), has healed hymenal tears at 3 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions.
Based on vaginal examination, a 3*2-solid fixed painful nodule was palpated that extended up to 2-3 cm above the hymenal ring on the left side of the vagina.
For sperm identification swabs were collected from the hymenal ring vagina and the anus when the sexual abuse occurred within 72 hours.
The hymenal opening was of normal size and not rigid.
[30] Bakirelik durumu ve fi ziksel gelisimi tamamlayamamis olma sonucu hymenal, vajinal ve servikal laserasyonlar HIV bulasma riskini arttirmaktadir.
The media thus play a double role in their employment of medical discourses on virginity: they emphasise the relationship between virginity and the female body through the concept of technical virginity which preserves the hymen, and they also maintain this link by condemning methods that may successfully mask the loss of this hymenal marker.
Hysteroscopic resection of the septum under transabdominal guidance may also be carried out so as to preserve the hymenal integrity in young females.
the physician who described the victim's abnormal hymenal opening.
Hymenal findings in adolescent women: impact of tampon use and consensual sexual activity.