Hymenogeny

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hymenogeny \Hy`me*nog"e*ny\, n. [Gr. ? a membrane + root of ? to
     be born.]
     The production of artificial membranes by contact of two
     fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the
     latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.
     [1913 Webster]