(a.) Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of 135 patients studied with erectile dysfunction, 40 had venous leakage, and these patients were classified into three groups according to findings on cavernosograms.
(2) Diabetics with non-neuropathic erectile dysfunction had normal results.
(3) This experimental model excludes the interference of subjective factors, such as erotic stimuli and libido on erection, and it seems that androgen deficiency has a direct effect on the neurophysiology of the erectile tissues resulting in a higher tonus of the detumescence factors, which can be explained by an incomplete relaxation of the sinusoidal smooth muscle.
(4) Digital angiography of pudendal and penile arteries was performed in 44 consecutive patients with erectile failure of suspected vascular origin.
(5) Especially the erectile tissue of the submandibular and parotic glands and recidiving sudden deafness are discussed.
(6) Recording the electrical activity of the corpus cavernosum in patients with suspected neurogenic erectile dysfunction could become clinically valuable, since this is the first test possible to study the function of the autonomic motor system that normally regulates penile function.
(7) We designed an animal model to elucidate the effect of venous leakage and arterial insufficiency on erectile function.
(8) To gather data on sexuality, specifically in male veterans, and to test the hypothesis that aged males remain interested in sexual intercourse yet suffer from erectile failure, veterans age 30 to 99 were surveyed.
(9) Erectile dysfunction is a significant problem in this patient group and contributes to deterioration in the quality of life.
(10) Recent studies completed with clinical samples suggest an increase in the frequency of orgasmic and erectile dysfunction and a decrease in premature ejaculation as presenting problems.
(11) The deep dorsal penile vein was obtained from seven patients undergoing surgery for erectile dysfunction.
(12) Of 16 patients 6 (37%) had return of erectile function.
(13) Erectile impotence is a common complaint, and competent management demands a systematized approach to diagnosis and treatment.
(14) Even with a delay of treatment of up to 6 months the corpora cavernosa remain intact, normal erectile function is preserved.
(15) Provided that a cooperative sexual partner is available, it is then urged that invasive treatment methods be replaced by couple therapy, and that treatment of erectile dysfunction should not be considered merely a technical repair job.
(16) The overall results did not support the notion that sleep disorders are involved in the increased prevalence of erectile impotence in healthy older individuals.
(17) A two-month follow-up, at which time patients were off treatment, erectile capacity had returned to baseline in 10 patients, while five reported complete recovery of their sexual ability.
(18) The authors demonstrate the management of erectile impotence by using Papaverin or the combination of Papaverin-Regitin and its overdosing.
(19) Thiazide-type diuretics also produce erectile dysfunction in rats and interfere with normal copulation.
(20) We conclude that in this experimental model immediate nerve graft repair appears to be a successful method of salvaging erectile function when the cavernosal nerves have been divided.
Erection
Definition:
(n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
(n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
(n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
(n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
(n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 1986, Bill Heine erected a 25ft sculpture of a shark falling through the roof of his terraced house in Oxford .
(2) The effect of aspirin on the development of hypercoagulability in the penile blood during erection was studied in five Chacma baboons.
(3) Many failures of spontaneous erection will, however, respond to intracavernous injection of vasoactive agents postoperatively.
(4) Supine and erect blood pressure (sphygmomanometer) measurements and side effects were noted at the same times.
(5) Morphine (0.1 to 5 micrograms), but not U-69,593 (5 micrograms), injected into the PVN 10 minutes before oxytocin or apomorphine, was found to be able to prevent penile erection and yawning induced by the unilateral PVN microinjection of oxytocin (10 ng) or apomorphine (50 ng).
(6) One in four British homes could be fitted with solar heating equipment and 3,500 wind turbines could be erected across Britain within 12 years as part of a green energy revolution to be proposed by the government next week.
(7) The initial dosage in pharmacological erection therapy may be adjusted according to these risk factors.
(8) Significantly, more of the patients aged below 30 years reported erection sufficient for coitus (p less than 0.05).
(9) In erect subjects, voluntary changes of shape at FRC did not change regional volume distribution.
(10) Apomorphine (Apo), a short acting dopamine (DA) receptor agonist, stimulates growth hormone (GH) secretion, decreases prolactin secretion, induces yawning, penile erections and other physiological effects in man.
(11) This experimental model excludes the interference of subjective factors, such as erotic stimuli and libido on erection, and it seems that androgen deficiency has a direct effect on the neurophysiology of the erectile tissues resulting in a higher tonus of the detumescence factors, which can be explained by an incomplete relaxation of the sinusoidal smooth muscle.
(12) The patients were seen after a sustained erection of 20 hours maximum on 15 occasions and one patient was seen after a sustained erection of 36 hours.
(13) Fifty patients were studied with erect films at excretory urography.
(14) The veins which are not compressable during erection can eventually be obliterated under radiological control with the help of mini-coils.
(15) Patients showing a complete erection had their intrapenial blood volumes 4.2-11.2 times greater than before VSS (mean increase, 8.0 times).
(16) In nine normal subjects duplicate measurements were made in the erect (seated), supine, and lateral decubitus posture, at a constant tidal volume (700 ml) and frequency (1 Hz) starting from functional residual capacity (FRC).
(17) Erections were induced by cavernous nerve stimulation before and after atropine.
(18) In the light of previously published advice and reports, the experience gained from these two cases now dictates that investigation of an unexplained death occurring after exposure to, and change from, hyperbaric or hypobaric conditions, should begin with plain erect chest radiography on the body before autopsy.
(19) Although it is the world's biggest CO2 emitter and notorious for building the equivalent of a 400MW coal-fired power station every three days, it is also erecting 36 wind turbines a day and building a robust new electricity grid to send this power thousands of miles across the country from the deserts of the west to the cities of the east.
(20) Contraction of the ischiocavernosus muscles occluded the arterial inflow and venous outflow to the CCP, making it a closed system during peak erection.