Meaning of MAIDENHEAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'meydn`hed
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| | Definition: | | [n] a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin |
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| | Synonyms: | | hymen, virginal membrane |
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| | See Also: | | imperforate hymen, mucosa, mucous membrane, vagina | |
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| | Definition: | | \Maid"en*head\, n. [See {Maidenhood}.]
1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
--Shak.
2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness;
purity. [Obs.]
The maidenhead of their credit. --Sir H.
Wotton.
3. The hymen, or virginal membrane.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstinence, allantoic membrane, amnion, amniotic sac, arachnoid membrane, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, basement membrane, boyhood, celibacy, cherry, childhood, conjuctiva, continence, continency, eardrum, girlhood, hymen, intactness, maidenhood, membrana serosa, membrana tympana, membrane, meninges, meninx, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monasticism, neurilemma, pellicle, pericardium, perineurium, Platonic love, pleura, pre-teens, serosa, single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood, subteens, tympanic membrane, tympanum, unwed state, velum, virgin state, virginity |
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