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detumesce

UK/diːtjuːˈmɛs/

detumesce verb: to leave the erect, sexually aroused state.

Verb

detumesce (third-person singular simple present detumesces, present participle detumescing, simple past and past participle detumesced)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
  2. (intransitive) To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs.
  3. (transitive) To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence.

detumesce meaning in Bengali

detumesce in Bengali

উত্থিত, যৌন উত্তেজনা হারানো

Forms of detumesce

third-person singular presentdetumesces
present participledetumescing
past participledetumesced
pastdetumesced

Origin of detumesce

From de- + tumesce.

Questions about detumesce

What does detumesce mean?
Detumesce means to leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
What is detumesce in Bengali?
Detumesce in Bengali is উত্থিত, যৌন উত্তেজনা হারানো. See Detumesce meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is detumesce?
Detumesce is a verb.
How do you pronounce detumesce?
Detumesce is pronounced /diːtjuːˈmɛs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of detumesce?
The past tense of detumesce is detumesced.

Words near detumesce in the dictionary

  1. detubulation
  2. detumble
  3. detumbled
  4. detumbles
  5. detumbling
  6. detumesce
  7. detumesced
  8. detumescence
  9. detumescences
  10. detumescent
  11. detumesces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detumesce (page history and authors); detumesce (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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