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Webster 1913 Edition
Erectile
E-rect′ile
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
érectile
.] 1.
Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated;
as,
. erectile
tissueErectile tissue
(Anat.)
, a tissue, such as that contained in the penis, which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by accumulation of blood in and the consequent distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.