The Collaborative International Dictionary
Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]rectile.]
Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated; as, erectile tissue.
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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.
WordNet
n. vascular tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Wikipedia
Erectile tissue is tissue in the body with numerous vascular spaces that may become engorged with blood. However, tissue that is devoid of or otherwise lacking erectile tissue (such as the labia minora, the vestibule/ vagina and the urethra) may also be described as engorging with blood, often with regard to sexual arousal.
Usage examples of "erectile tissue".
All of the mucous membranes of his body were constricting, all erectile tissue engorging itself with his hot blood.
We did the breast augmentation, built up the nipples with vat-grown erectile tissue, then did the eye coloration.
We did the breast augmentation, built up the nipples with vat-grown erectile tissue, then did the eye coloration .
Surely this was a hell of a lot of trouble for a little tube of erectile tissue.
I had a pal in New York who was working for a biotech company that had made this artificial erectile tissue.
He felt a tremor like distant running water as blood rushed into the erectile tissue of her nipple.
Where the upper canines once existed, a rigid body of erectile tissue covered with finely fragmented enamel forms.
The four cuspids all responded somewhat like erectile tissue to his touch.