【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