ERECTILE TISSUE
\ɪɹˈɛkta͡ɪl tˈɪʃuː], \ɪɹˈɛktaɪl tˈɪʃuː], \ɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_aɪ_l t_ˈɪ_ʃ_uː]\
Definitions of ERECTILE TISSUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Tissue having turgescent qualities.
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A tissue, whose principal character is, to be susceptible of dilatation, i. e. of turgescence and increase of size. It is formed of a collection of arteries and veins, intermixed with nervous filaments; which form, by their numerous anastomoses, a spongy substance, whose areolm communicate with each other. Smooth muscular fibres have been detected in it. This tissue exists in the corpora cavernosa of the penis and clitoris, at the lower and inner surface of the vagina, in the spongy part of the urethra, the lips, nipples, iris, &c. Sometimes it is developed accidentally, and constitutes a kind of organic transformation.
By Robley Dunglison