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erectile, a.|ɪˈrɛktaɪl, -ɪl|
[a. F. érectile, f. L. ērect-: see erect v.]
Capable of being erected or set upright.
1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 155 Chauna..Chaïa of Paraguay..whose occiput is ornamented with a circle of erectile feathers. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. i. 3 The men of genius that I fancy most have erectile heads. 1869Gillmore Reptiles & Birds ii. 78 Viperine Snakes..have a long, perforated, erectile fang on the maxillary bone.
b. erectile tissue: a kind of tissue found in various parts of animals, capable of being distended under excitement, and consequently of becoming rigid; also, a similar tissue in vegetables.
1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 188 The erectile tissue is of very large dimensions in the organs of copulation. 1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 200 An elongation of the erectile tissue of the plant. 1874Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 2 The Corpus Spongiosum Urethræ is also composed of erectile tissue.
Hence erecˈtility, the quality of being erectile or capable of erection.
1860Worcester cites Dr. Dix; in mod. Dict. |