virginal membrane

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshymenmaidenhead

   Broadermucous membrane

   Narrowerimperforate hymen

   Part ofvagina

Questions about virginal membrane

What does virginal membrane mean?

virginal membrane means "a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin".

What is another word for virginal membrane?

Close synonyms include hymen, maidenhead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is virginal membrane a common word?

virginal membrane 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.