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erectile

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Adjective

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective erectile has 2 senses

erectile(s = adj.all) - capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers"
erectile(s = adj.all) cavernous - 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"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

erectile, a. [Cf. F. érectile.].

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated; as, erectile tissue. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to an erection{5}; as, erectile dysfunction. [PJC]

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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

erectile, adj. that can be erected or become erect.

Idiom

erectile tissue Physiol. animal tissue that is capable of becoming rigid, esp. with sexual excitement.

Etymology

F {eacute}rectile (as ERECT)

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