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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
An instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
The obsessive focus on one's genitals or on the need for genital gratification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pathology
History
From Latin priapismus, from Priapus (“the god of procreation, the penis”) + -ism, from Ancient Greek πριαπισμός (priapismós).
Across languages
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