virginal membrane

2 definitions found

virginal membrane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
     Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
     "Chastity and honor virginal." --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
  
     Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
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virginal membrane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  virginal membrane
      n 1: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the
           vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane
           ]