priapism
English
Etymology
From Latin priapismus, from Priapus (“the god of procreation, the penis”) + -ism, from Ancient Greek πριαπισμός (priapismós).
Noun
priapism (countable and uncountable, plural priapisms)
- (pathology) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis (erection) does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.
- Obsessive focus on one's genitals or on the need for genital gratification.
- 2018 September 26, Ross Douthat, “Brett Kavanaugh and the Limits of Certainty”, in The New York Times[1]:
- [M]any on the right have found themselves justifying our current president's priapism with the same arguments that liberals once used to excuse Clinton.
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medical condition
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