priapism

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈpraɪ.əˌpɪ.zəm/ (US)

Definition of priapism

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.
  2. (countable)An instance of this.
    “Phosphorus has long been considered a powerful stimulant. It acts upon the generative organism, it is recorded, in a manner to cause the most violent priapisms.”
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The obsessive focus on one's genitals or on the need for genital gratification.
    “[M]any on the right have found themselves justifying our current president's priapism with the same arguments that liberals once used to excuse Clinton.”

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Etymology

From Latin priapismus, from Priapus (“the god of procreation, the penis”) + -ism, from Ancient Greek πριαπισμός (priapismós).

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