The hymen is a fold of mucous membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening.
Hymen may also refer to:
People
edit- Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935), British pianist, conductor and composer
- Hymen Lipman (1817–1893), American inventor
- Hymen Marx (1925–2007), American herpetologist
- Hymen B. Mintz (1909–1986), American politician
- Slymenstra Hymen (born 1966), female dancer and occasional vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar
Other uses
edit- Hymen (god), the god of marriage ceremonies in Greek mythology
- Hymenoptera, an order of insects
- Hymen Records, an imprint of the record label Ant-Zen, distributed by IRIS
See also
edit- Hyman, a given name and surname
- Hymen o Hymenee an 1889 painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna