hymenal

1. 1.

   of or relating to the hymen

Questions about hymenal

What does hymenal mean?

hymenal means "of or relating to the hymen".

How many syllables are in hymenal?

hymenal has 3 syllables and divides as hy-me-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hymenal a common word?

hymenal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.