Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science

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parthenology, n.

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Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: partheno- comb. form, -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < partheno- comb. form + -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin parthenologia... (Show More)

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

The branch of gynaecology that deals with virginity.

1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) Parthenology , a description or consideration of the state of virginity.

interesting definitions related to virginity:

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275: [corpus luteum] - Annulare, Pons varolii. although the corpora lutea of virgin s have been

296: [custodia virginitatis] which , according to Martius, affects the bands Custo'dia Virginita'tis, ( “ guard of virgin ity,')

312: [defloration] This word has been used by surgeons to express virgin a'tion, Deflora'tio, Devirgin a'tio, Virginia

312:wound with loss of substance. It is commonly her virgin ity. Inspection of the parts is the

322:from .') The act of thrusting or forcing down or Devirgin a'tion, (de, and virgo, gen. virgin is,

322:away . Applied by Dr. Walshe to lateral displace- ' a virgin .') Defloration, Stuprum .

441: [flos virginitatis : hymen] It bends the third phalanges on the second, and the finest and noblest part ; and virgin ity .

532:[hymen] Hygremplas'tra. seu Zo'na virgin ita'tis, Claus'trum virgin a'lē, Flos

532: Hygra'sia, (úypaola ,) Humor. virgin a'lis, Cir'culus membrano'bus, Buc'ton, Inter.

532: Hygreche'ma, gen. Hygreche'matist, (hygro, sep'tum virgin a'lē,Cen'to virgin a'lis, Argumen'tum

532:of fluid , heard by auscultation or otherwise. Pannic'ulus hymenæ'us seu virgin a'lis, Eugi'on,

532: Hy'gro, ( úypos, 'humid ,') in composition, at the outer orifice of the vagina in virgin s,

675: [mole] may form in the undoubted virgin. They seem esis or impulsion.

773: [partheno- & derived terms] - p. Seroso glutine tumens, Cynanche parotidæa virgin ;' used in diseases of virgin s,) Matricaria.

773: Parotoncies, ( parotid, and oykoS, ' a tumor, ') appertaining to a virgin .') A disease in a young

773: Parova'rium , properly Paroä'rion, Paroöph'- Parthenogen'esis, “virgin birth,' (rapdevos, a

773:oron , Cor'pus seu Corpus'culum co'nicum Rusen- virgin ,' and yevrois, generation ,') Luci'na sine

773: Paroxyn’tic , ( napoSuvrikos,) Paroxyn'ticur, (F. ) or consideration ofthe state of virgin ity in health

1004: [stuprum] mended by Boerhaave in intermittents. It is the also called Deflora'tion, Deflora'tio, Devirgin a'tio,

1004: of India, and has been introduced into those of with the evidences of virgin ity ; and to deter

1004:Ph. : London, under the name Nirmullecs or Nirmillies. mine, – if signs of virgin ity no longer exist, –

1119: [virgin] see Pogeniasis. Vir'ginis Vitia'tio, violation of a virgin ,'

1119:Ex'pers nuptia'rum , (F.) Vierge, Pucelle. A fe- talba, Clematis virgin ica — v. Bower, upright,

1119: Vir'gin Mary This'tle, Centaurea benedicta . seu Virgin'eum , ( F. ) Lait virgin al. A tincture

1119:organs, of the virgin especially . Also, relating by the addition of water, which gives it a milky

1119:or appertaining to a virgin , Virgina'lis. appearance. Also, subacetate of lead precipitated

1119: Virgina'le Claus'trum , ' a virgin al fence,' Virgin'itas, Virginity -v. Deflorata, Deflora

1124: [vulva] eclopetum , a gun," see Sclopetarius and Wound- eum, Mulieb'ria, Fores (of virgin s), Interjemin!

vide : Michel Louis Guérard des Lauriers O.P., “Mariologie et économie, a propos de la ‘virginité in partu ’ (Engl. NMT transl.),” Revue Thomiste 62 (1962): 203–33.