ERECTILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erectile mean? 

• ERECTILE (adjective)
  The adjective ERECTILE has 2 senses:

1. capable of being raised to an upright position

2. filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood

  Familiarity information: ERECTILE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERECTILE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being raised to an upright position

Context example:

erectile feathers

Similar:

erect; upright; vertical (upright in position or posture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood

Synonyms:

cavernous; erectile

Context example:

the penis is an erectile organ

Similar:

expansive (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

 Context examples 

This procedure is being studied in the prevention of erectile dysfunction in men having surgery for prostate cancer.

(Nerve grafting, NCI Dictionary)

Penile implants are used to treat erectile dysfunction or impotence.

(Penile implant, NCI Dictionary)

Additional signs in males include erectile dysfunction, muscle atrophy, gynecomastia and increased abdominal fat.

(Hypogonadism, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes heart disease and stroke, renal disease and renal failure, retinopathy, neuropathies, and erectile dysfunction.

(Diabetes Complication, NCI Thesaurus)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the international index of erectile function questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire IIEF Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the international index of erectile function questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire IIEF Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction, this agent produces corporal smooth muscle relaxation by binding to PGE receptors, resulting in the activation of adenylate cyclase and the subsequent accumulation of 3'5'-cAMP.

(Alprostadil, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized survey developed and published by Raymond C. Rosen and colleagues in 1997 which is used to assess erectile function.

(International Index of Erectile Function Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction.

(Cialis, NCI Dictionary)

Apomorphine hydrochloride is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and erectile dysfunction.

(Apomorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)