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Erectile

Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]rectile.]

  1. Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated; as, erectile tissue.

  2. Of or pertaining to an erection[5]; as, erectile dysfunction.

    Erectile tissue (Anat.), a tissue, such as that contained in the penis, which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by accumulation of blood in and the consequent distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
erectile

1822, "pertaining to muscular erection," from French érectile, from Latin erect-, past participle stem of erigere "to raise or set up" (see erect (adj.)).

Wiktionary
erectile

a. 1 Capable of being raised to an upright position. 2 Of or relating to tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.

WordNet
erectile
  1. adj. capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers"

  2. filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ" [syn: cavernous]

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Usage examples of "erectile".

I find interesting is that many women seem to regard premature ejaculation as a compliment and a sign of explosive passion, whereas erectile disorder is almost always interpreted as an insult or a lack of sexual attraction.

From that time onward, the poor guy experienced erectile disorder and was unable to get an erection in her presence.

Viagra, men were significantly more likely to address erectile dysfunction holistically.

A poor diet is a major contributor to heart disease, high cholesterol, arterial plaque, and high blood pressure, among other conditions, all of which inhibit blood flow to the penis and negatively impact erectile quality and desire.

He took a big step telling me about his erectile dysfunction, and an even bigger step in trying to reconnect with me in a sexual way.

The beatings and burnings married in our minds with the delicious tremors of our erectile tissues, the spilt blood of students with the genital fluids that irrigated our fingers and mouths.

Her body, with its angular contours, its unexpected junctions of mucous membrane and hairline, detrusor muscle and erectile tissue, was a ripening anthology of perverse possibilities.

Each of them would join his own imagination, the tender membranes of his mucous surfaces, his groves of erectile tissue, to the wounds of this minor actress through the medium of his own motorcar, touching them as he drove in a medley of stylized postures.

For example, baseball slugger Rafael Palmeiro, who has served a spokesman for Viagra, said that somebody had to come forward to talk about the problem of erectile dysfunction.

Our sexual culture is not only rich with love and lust, but also filled with broken condoms, STDs, infertility, and erectile dysfunction.

Add to the fact that the natural swelling and lubrication around the vagina slow after you age, and loss of libido represents the female equivalent of erectile dysfunction.

Your brain and your arteries, for instance, play a major role in erectile and sexual dysfunction.

And that has a profound effect on all kinds of vascular problems, from heart attacks to erectile dysfunction.

Monique set her arms akimbo, flexed the erectile tissues of her breast mounds, and waggled the hiplike swelling below her waist.

His portly figure was clothed in a blue dress coat with brass buttons, a buff waistcoat which permitted his frilled shirtfront to become erectile above it, a black satin stock which confined a boyish turned-down collar around his full neck, and immaculate drill trousers, strapped over varnished boots.