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English Dictionary: erectile by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
erectile
adj
  1. capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers"
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): erectile, cavernous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. [82]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.
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