erectile

erectile
erectility /i rek til"i tee, ee'rek-/, n.
/i rek"tl, -til, -tuyl/, adj.
1. capable of being erected or set upright.
2. Anat. capable of being distended with blood and becoming rigid, as tissue.
[1820-30; < F érectile. See ERECT, -ILE]

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