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detumescence

[ dee-too-mes-uhns, -tyoo- ]

noun

  1. reduction or subsidence of swelling.


detumescence

/ ˌ徱ːʊˈɛəԲ /

noun

  1. the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·cԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of detumescence1

1670–80; < Latin ŧٳܳŧ ( ere ) to cease swelling ( ŧ- de- + ٳܳŧ to swell) + -ence; tumescent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of detumescence1

C17: from Latin ŧٳܳ to cease swelling, from de- + tumescere, from ٳܳŧ to swell
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The brass section explodes, the drums attack, the strings squeal, then everything falls apart in postcoital detumescence.

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Even in childhood, these processes play an important part; indeed, they generally manifest themselves at an earlier age than the processes of detumescence.

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Note 28: One should here think of Moll's assertion, who divides the sexual impulse into the impulses of contrectation and detumescence.

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For most men, however, it seems probable that this self-control over the processes leading to the involuntary act of detumescence is difficult to acquire, while in weak, nervous, and erethic persons it is impossible.

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It is therefore reasonable to suppose that the individuals in whom the special phenomena of puberty develop most markedly are those in whom detumescence is likely to be most vigorous.

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