detumescence
reduction or subsidence of swelling.
Origin of detumescence
1Other words from detumescence
- de·tu·mes·cent, adjective
Words Nearby detumescence
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How to use detumescence in a sentence
But in these cases also, the complete fusion of the processes of detumescence and contrectation occurs very gradually.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollThis is true of both components of the sexual impulse, of the phenomena of contrectation, no less than of those of detumescence.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollThe detumescence-impulse is sometimes the sole manifestation of the sexual impulse.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollIt is equally an incident, highly important though not primitive and fundamental, of detumescence.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) | Havelock EllisA state of tumescence is not normally constant, and tumescence must be obtained before detumescence is possible.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) | Havelock Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for detumescence
/ (ˌdiːtjʊˈmɛsəns) /
the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state
Origin of detumescence
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