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erectile dysfunction
noun
: chronic inability to achieve or maintain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse : impotence
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Suppositories can be used to treat various conditions, including vaginal infections, constipation, hemorrhoids, and erectile dysfunction.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
In men, hot flashes can be triggered by erectile dysfunction medication and treatments related to prostate cancer.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
This is a place where a fifty-year-old and a ninety-year-old are both expected to be vital and optimistic, in search of an elusive dignity that derives from access to good weather, reasonable prices, and pharmaceutical interventions for erectile dysfunction.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This can lead to urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, like how childbirth affects women.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1970, in the meaning defined above
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“Erectile dysfunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erectile%20dysfunction. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
erectile dysfunction
noun
: chronic inability to achieve or maintain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse : impotence sense 2
—abbreviation ED
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