Meanings
- not comparablebiologyCapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.
The penis and clitoris contain erectile tissue which responds to sexual stimulation.
1 more example
The observation that topical application of nitroglycerin to the penis may lead to erection adequate for sexual intercourse (Talley and Crawley 1985) has stimulated several investigations on the efficacy of this potential mode of treatment of erectile dysfunction.
1998, Alvaro Morales, editor, Erectile Dysfunction: Issues in Current Pharmacotherapy, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 107
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefilled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan erigible, erèctil
- erigiblecapable of being raised to an upright position
- erèctilcapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Finnish pystyyn nouseva, jäykistyvä
- pystyyn nousevacapable of being raised to an upright position
- jäykistyväcapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
- erektiilicapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
French érectile
- érectilecapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Italian erettile
- erettilecapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Polish wzwodny, wzwodny
- wzwodnycapable of being raised to an upright position
- wzwodnycapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Portuguese erigível, erétil
- erigívelcapable of being raised to an upright position
- erétilcapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Spanish eréctil
- eréctilcapable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
Cite this entry
erectile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erectile
“erectile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erectile. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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