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Noun

hymenoplasty ‎(plural hymenoplasties)

1. (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
   • 2008, Diana Zlomislic, "The Virgin Makers," Toronto Star, 12 Jul., p. L1,

     Dr. Robert Stubbs, a Toronto-based plastic surgeon . . . has won international acclaim for refining the hymenoplasty procedure, which involves cutting away the scarred edge of the membrane broken during intercourse and narrowing the entrance of the ****, then putting the pieces back together.

   • 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.

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Synonyms

• hymenorrhaphy