priapism

Meanings

1. 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. An instance of this.
3. The obsessive focus on one's genitals or on the need for genital gratification.

Etymology

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