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Erectile adj.

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

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.

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Etymology of 'Erectile'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Erectile" Quotes from Famous Books

... veritable passion and is quite distinct from either the impulse for activity for its own sake or the desire of achievement. To shout and put forth the utmost possible strength in crude ways is erethic intoxication at a stage when every tissue can become erectile and seems, like the crying of infants, to have a legitimate function in causing tension and flushing, enlarging the caliber of blood vessels, and forcing the blood perhaps even to the point of extravasation ...

— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall

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