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Erectile

Erectile

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

(Science: anatomy) erectile tissue, a tissue which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.

Origin: cf. F. Erectile.


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