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VIRGINAL MEMBRANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does virginal membrane mean? 

VIRGINAL MEMBRANE (noun)
  The noun VIRGINAL MEMBRANE has 1 sense:

1. a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virginplay

  Familiarity information: VIRGINAL MEMBRANE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIRGINAL MEMBRANE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hymen; maidenhead; virginal membrane

Hypernyms ("virginal membrane" is a kind of...):

mucosa; mucous membrane (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "virginal membrane"):

imperforate hymen (hymen that is completely closed so that menstrual blood cannot flow out)

Holonyms ("virginal membrane" is a part of...):

vagina (the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus)


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