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ERECTILE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
Example:
the penis is an erectile organ
Synonyms:
cavernous; erectile
Classified under:
Similar:
expansive (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being raised to an upright position
Example:
erectile feathers
Classified under:
Similar:
erect; upright; vertical (upright in position or posture)
Context examples:
Also called erectile dysfunction.
(Impotence, NCI Dictionary)
