ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erectile dysfunction mean? 

• ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (noun)
  The noun ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

  Familiarity information: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ED; erectile dysfunction; male erecticle dysfunction

Hypernyms ("erectile dysfunction" is a kind of...):

impotence; impotency (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)

disfunction; dysfunction ((medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group)

 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)

A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction.

(Cialis, NCI Dictionary)

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)

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

(Apomorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called erectile dysfunction.

(Impotence, NCI Dictionary)