Meanings
- uncountablemedicineThe inability of a male to achieve or sustain an erection.
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 107Synonyms: ED, impotence, ED, impotence, impotency, limp dick, limp-dickedness · Antonyms: priapism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe inability of a male to achieve or sustain an erection.
More synonyms by meaning
nounimpotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans erektiele disfunksie
- erektiele disfunksieerectile dysfunction
Catalan disfunció erèctil
- disfunció erèctilerectile dysfunction
Chinese Mandarin 陽痿 /阳痿, 勃起功能障礙 /勃起功能障碍
- 陽痿 /阳痿 (yángwěi)erectile dysfunction
- 勃起功能障礙 /勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài)erectile dysfunction
- 勃起障礙 /勃起障碍 (bóqǐ zhàng'ài)erectile dysfunction
Czech erektilní dysfunkce
- erektilní dysfunkceerectile dysfunction
Dutch erectiestoornis
- erectiestoorniserectile dysfunction
Finnish erektiohäiriö
- erektiohäiriöerectile dysfunction
French dysfonction érectile, trouble de l'érection
- dysfonction érectileerectile dysfunction
- trouble de l'érectionerectile dysfunction
- dysérectionerectile dysfunction
German erektile Dysfunktion
- erektile Dysfunktionerectile dysfunction
Greek στυτική δυσλειτουργία
- στυτική δυσλειτουργία (stytikí dysleitourgía)erectile dysfunction
Hungarian merevedési zavar
- merevedési zavarerectile dysfunction
Indonesian disfungsi ereksi, impotensi
- disfungsi ereksierectile dysfunction
- impotensierectile dysfunction
- mati pucukerectile dysfunction
Italian disfunzione erettile
- disfunzione erettileerectile dysfunction
Japanese 勃起不全
- 勃起不全 (bokki fuzen)erectile dysfunction
Korean 발기부전
- 발기부전 (balgibujeon)erectile dysfunction
Latin impotentia erecti
- impotentia erectierectile dysfunction
Lithuanian erekcijos disfunkcija
- erekcijos disfunkcijaerectile dysfunction
Norwegian erektil dysfunksjon
- erektil dysfunksjonerectile dysfunction
Polish zaburzenie erekcji
- zaburzenie erekcjierectile dysfunction
Portuguese disfunção erétil
- disfunção erétilerectile dysfunction
Romanian disfuncție erectilă
- disfuncție erectilăerectile dysfunction
Russian эректи́льная дисфу́нкция
- эректи́льная дисфу́нкция (erɛktílʹnaja disfúnkcija)erectile dysfunction
Spanish disfunción eréctil
- disfunción eréctilerectile dysfunction
Swedish erektil dysfunktion, vinballe
- erektil dysfunktionerectile dysfunction
- vinballeerectile dysfunction
Thai ภาวะหย่อนสมรรถภาพทางเพศ
- ภาวะหย่อนสมรรถภาพทางเพศerectile dysfunction
Turkish sertleşme bozukluğu
- sertleşme bozukluğuerectile dysfunction
Ukrainian еректи́льна дисфу́нкція
- еректи́льна дисфу́нкція (erektýlʹna dysfúnkcija)erectile dysfunction
Vietnamese liệt dương
- liệt dươngerectile dysfunction
Cite this entry
erectile dysfunction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erectile%20dysfunction
“erectile dysfunction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erectile%20dysfunction. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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