2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]rectile.]
Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of
dilated.
{Erectile tissue} (Anat.), a tissue which is capable of being
greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the
numerous blood vessels which it contains.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
erectile
adj 1: capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile
feathers"
2: (physiology) filled with vascular sinuses and capable of
becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled
with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile
organ [syn: {cavernous}]
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