hymenoplasty

== English == === Etymology === From hymen +‎ -o- +‎ -plasty. === Noun === hymenoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural hymenoplasties) (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity. 2010, Emily Maguire, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 36: One of the options available to women under such pressure is hymenoplasty, in which a surgeon uses remnants of the hymen or tissue from the vaginal wall to create a "new hymen" that will break and bleed during intercourse. ==== Synonyms ==== hymenorrhaphy ==== Translations ====