Erectile Definition

ĭ-rĕktəl, -tīl
adjective
That can become erect.
Erectile feathers.
Webster's New World
Capable of being raised to an upright position.
American Heritage Medicine
Of or designating tissue, as in the penis or clitoris, that becomes swollen and rigid when filled with blood.
Webster's New World
Having to do with an erection of the penis.
Erectile dysfunction.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Erectile

  • From French érectile, from Latin erectus, past participle of erigere.

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Erectile Sentence Examples

  • Paired erectile plates (patagia) are borne on the prothorax in moths, while in moths, sawflies, wasps, bees and other insects there are small plates (tegulae) - see Fig.

  • The Viperidae alone have "erectile" fangs.

  • Although firmly anchylosed to the bone, the tooth, which when at rest is laid backwards, is erectile, - the bone itself being mobile and rotated round its transverse axis.

  • The mucous membrane is raised into a series of transverse folds or rugae, and between it and the muscular wall are plexuses of veins forming erectile tissue.

  • The penis is the intromittent organ of generation, and is made up of three cylinders of erectile tissue, covered by skin and subcutaneous tissue without fat.

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