English Explanatory Dictionary

hymenorrhaphy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Reconstructive surgery in which a woman's hymen is restored to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.

Word forms

hymenorrhaphy hymenorrhaphies

Etymology

From hymen + -o- + -rrhaphy.

Synonyms

hymenoplasty
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