English Explanatory Dictionary

detumesce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
  2. To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs.
  3. To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence.

Pronunciation

/diːtjuːˈmɛs/ /diːtʃuːˈmɛs/

Word forms

detumesce detumesces detumescing detumesced

Etymology

From de- + tumesce.

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