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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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