词根词缀：hymen-, hymeno-

【来源及含义】Greek: membrane, skin; virginal membrane; hymen originally denoted any membrane

【相关描述】Hymen was the god of marriage in Greek mythology and it was a refrain of the song sung at the marriages of the ancient Greeks. In its present specific meaning, it was first used by Vesalius in 1550.

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "skin": callus-; chorio-; cicatri- (scar); cori-; cuti-; lepido- (scab, scale); papulo- (pimple); psoro- (itch, mange); pustu- (blister, pimple); rhytid- (wrinkle); scabio- (mange, itchy); sebo- (grease, oil).

【同源单词】hymen, hymenal, hymeneal, hymenectomy, hymenia, hymenitis