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erectile

/əˈɹɛktaɪl/

erectile adjective: capable of being raised to an upright position.

Adjective

erectile (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
  2. Capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.
    • The penis and clitoris contain erectile tissue which responds to sexual stimulation.
    • The observation that topical application of nitroglycerin to the penis may lead to erection adequate for sexual intercourse (Talley and Crawley 1985) has stimulated several investigations on the efficacy of this potential mode of treatment of erectile dysfunction.1998, Alvaro Morales, editor, Erectile Dysfunction: Issues in Current Pharmacotherapy, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 107

erectile meaning in Tamil

erectile in Tamil

நிமிர்த்ம், விரக்கும், விறைக்கும்

Examples of erectile in a sentence

  • The main potential applications are postprostatectomy and postradiotherapy, diabetes associated erectile dysfunction, and Peyronie's disease.
  • Long-term renal transplant survivors display high incidences of hypogonadism, neoplasms, erectile dysfunction, and metabolic syndrome.
  • Having erectile and ejaculative potency gives no assurance of orgastic potency.

All 10 example sentences with erectile

Origin of erectile

From French érectile, from Latin erectus, past participle of erigere, equivalent to erect + -ile.

Words formed from erectile

Questions about erectile

What does erectile mean?
Erectile means capable of being raised to an upright position.
What is erectile in Tamil?
Erectile in Tamil is நிமிர்த்ம், விரக்கும், விறைக்கும். See Erectile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is erectile?
Erectile is an adjective.
How do you pronounce erectile?
Erectile is pronounced /əˈɹɛktaɪl/ (US).

Words near erectile in the dictionary

  1. erected
  2. erecter
  3. erecters
  4. erectest
  5. erecteth
  6. erectile
  7. erectile dysfunction
  8. erectility
  9. erectine
  10. erecting
  11. erecting shop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erectile (page history and authors); erectile (Tamil 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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