What's the difference between hymen and maidenhead?
Hymen
Definition:
(n.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
(n.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.
(n.) Marriage; union as if by marriage.
Example Sentences:
(1) The hymen was not penetrated as a result of intromission and therefore the site of ejaculation would have been in the urogenital canal of the 4 primigravid elephants.
(2) Fear of hymen traumatization in practice is stronger than fear to miss some gynecological diseases.
(3) In addition, four of the girls' hymens had thickened, irregular edges or other changes that were considered abnormal.
(4) Pregnancies with intact hymen respectiverly without immissio penis are very events.
(5) They include questions as to whether causes other than abuse, such as masturbation, infection or the use of other instruments, could have damaged the hymen or vagina.
(6) In four patients presenting with imperforate hymen, the hymen was excised by CO2 laser under local anesthesia.
(7) Where no hymen was visible, we have found in a limited experience that the rectal opening was high in the pelvis in some degree of the so-called cloacal deformity.
(8) The interpretation revealed 'hymenal' or retarding primary structures in the young female subject.
(9) Out of these cases, 44.63% presented a complete hymen and only in 13.30% of the cases a characterized rape was attested to.
(10) The ages at first conception of 4 pregnant elephants with intact hymenal membranes were 10, 12, 13 and 14 years.
(11) In only 9.37% of the complaints for seduction the hymen presented recent ruptures.
(12) The next category contains entities that have an abnormal appearance: ambiguous genitalia, periurethral cysts of the newborn, hymenal variants, and agglutination of the labia and vulva.
(13) Three typical cases are reported, two in children of 14 years and one in a women of 20 years, who were all treated for imperforate hymen and haematocolpos.
(14) Be it the traditional midwife checking for a hymen on a bride's wedding night, or a forensics expert or doctor called in after a prospective bridegroom's suspicions, young women are forced to spread their legs to appease the god of virginity.
(15) A case of Rokitansky syndrome is described where the typical anomalies of the entity were associated with cribriform hymen.
(16) Forty-six records of infant girls with so-called imperforate anus have been reviewed to determine the position of the rectal opening in relation to the hymen.
(17) The hymenal orifice opened more frequently during the knee-chest (95.2%) and the labial traction (90.5%) methods than with the supine separation (79.3%) approach.
(18) The presence of anterior opening, posterior opening, hymenal band or almost imperforate hymen may interfere with free vaginal discharge.
(19) Anatomically descriptive terms are required when one is asked to comment on the hymen of the sexually abused prepubertal child.
(20) Hymenal diameter was slightly greater in group 1 than 2 but not 3.
Maidenhead
Definition:
(n.) The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
(n.) The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
(n.) The hymen, or virginal membrane.
Example Sentences:
(1) Official papers released at the Public Records Office in Kew last year explained how Mr Simpson covered for his wife's adultery and took responsibility for the failure of the marriage by arranging to be found with a woman in a bedroom of a hotel in Maidenhead.
(2) Mrs Turney, who lives near Maidenhead, Berkshire, downloaded a model complaint letter from a website after watching a TV documentary about bank charges.
(3) "It wasn't as successful as we hoped," he said at the headquarters of Intuit, a financial software and services firm, in Maidenhead.
(4) It would be nice to see my old mate Michael Parkinson there but he doesn't come to games any more - he lives down near Maidenhead and supports Reading these days.
(5) The events surrounding his doomed bid were the subject of the BBC documentary called Campaign Confessions: Losing My Maidenhead.
(6) OS Map: Explorer OL6 – Lake District: south-western area Henley-on-Thames to Maidenhead Chilterns Cliveden estate along the Thames Path national trail, Buckinghamshire.
(7) The 24-year-old, from Maidenhead in Berkshire, who has cerebral palsy, also secured a British Paralympic record 11 medals in one Games for the equestrian team.
(8) Pumping hope into the economy is now considered worth alienating every Conservative council and MP whose voters live under the flightpath of planes using the new runway, including Mrs May’s own Maidenhead constituents.
(9) But hey, I grew up in maidenhead, so what do I know?
(10) In Windsor and Maidenhead, the attainment gap between white British pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) is around 12 percentage points, whereas in nearby West Berkshire it’s 33 percentage points.
(11) She also voiced concern about how local groups would cope with extra demands, saying grants to the voluntary sector had been frozen for the last five years in Windsor and Maidenhead and an expected "performance reward grant" of £100,000 for increasing volunteer numbers was likely to be halved or removed completely.
(12) "This year's formula grant – the main general grant from government to local authorities – was on average £300 per head more in the north-east than the south-east with Newcastle receiving £653 per head, compared for example to £150 per head in Windsor and Maidenhead.
(13) In Windsor and Maidenhead the Conservative council leader, David Burbage, was more forthcoming.
(14) Grammar schools attract considerable support from Maidenhead families.
(15) The carbonised reek of the weekend barbecue was unknown, except in the riverside gin palaces of Maidenhead and Bray.
(16) Let’s be clear, the 0.7% commitment remains and will remain,” she said during a factory visit in her Maidenhead constituency.
(17) AbbVie operates in Britain out of Maidenhead, Berkshire.
(18) Dr Jonathan Romain, of Maidenhead synagogue, said: "I am totally sympathetic to the black depression that overtakes those who commit suicide, and certainly want to prevent any future ones, but Clarkson has done everyone a favour by saying out aloud that, while people have the right to end their lives, they should not do so in a way that scars others.
(19) Billy bookcases and the definitive meatball – inside the new Ikea museum Read more Rory Firth, 40, from Maidenhead, said: “It was just bedlam.
(20) Staff who have worked on the preparatory stages have described it as an "unbelievable" engineering challenge, which stretches from Maidenhead on the western fringes of London through the centre of the capital to Canary Wharf in the Docklands and Shenfield in Essex.