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Meaning of "detumescence" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DETUMESCENCE

From Latin dētumescere to cease swelling, from de- + tumescere, from tumēre to swell.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DETUMESCENCE

detumescence  [ˌdiːtjʊˈmɛsəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETUMESCENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detumescence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DETUMESCENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tumescence

Tumescence is the quality or state of being tumescent or swollen. Tumescence usually refers to the normal engorgement with blood of the erectile tissues, marking sexual excitation and possible readiness for sexual activity. The tumescent sexual organ in men is the penis and in women is the clitoris. Detumescence is the reversal of this process, by which blood leaves the erectile tissue, returning to the flaccid state. Regularly, men who experience erectile dysfunction are given a nocturnal penile tumescence test, usually over a three-day period. Such a test detects the presence of an erection occurring during sleep using either a small portable computer connected to two bands placed around the shaft of the penis which records penile tumescence, or a band of paper tape with perforations that is fit snugly around the shaft of the penis and will break at the perforations during penile tumescence. The goal of nocturnal penile tumescence testing is to determine whether a man can experience an erection while sleeping after reporting he is unable to experience an erection while awake.

Definition of detumescence in the English dictionary

The definition of detumescence in the dictionary is the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETUMESCENCE


acquiescence
ˌækwiˈɛsəns
adolescence
ˌædəˈlɛsəns
arborescence
ˌɑːbəˈrɛsəns
chemiluminescence
ˌkɛmɪˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
coalescence
ˌkəʊəˈlɛsəns
convalescence
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsəns
electroluminescence
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
essence
ˈɛsəns
florescence
flɔːˈrɛsəns
fluorescence
ˌflʊəˈrɛsəns
fremescence
frəˈmɛsəns
immunofluorescence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈrɛsəns
incandescence
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsəns
inflorescence
ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns
intumescence
ˌɪntjʊˈmɛsəns
luminescence
ˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
obsolescence
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsəns
photoluminescence
ˌfəʊtəʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
quintessence
kwɪnˈtɛsəns
thermoluminescence
ˌθɜːməʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETUMESCENCE

detrain
detrainment
detribalisation
detribalise
detribalization
detribalize
detriment
detrimental
detrimentally
detrital
detrition
detritovore
detritus
Detroit
detrude
detruncate
detruncation
detrusion
detumescent
detune

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETUMESCENCE

at your convenience
car licence
concupiscence
dehiscence
driving licence
effervescence
evanescence
export licence
gaming licence
innocence
licence
magnificence
off-licence
planned obsolescence
provisional driving licence
pubescence
reminiscence
renascence
road-fund licence
senescence
translucence

Synonyms and antonyms of detumescence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «detumescence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETUMESCENCE

Find out the translation of detumescence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of detumescence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detumescence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

消肿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detumescencia
570 millions of speakers

English

detumescence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विफुलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فش التورم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

детумесценция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

detumescence
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

detumescence
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détumescence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Detumescence
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

detumescence
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

萎縮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

detumescence
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detumescence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

detumescence
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீக்கத்தைக் குறைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनोद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

detümesans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

detumescence
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

detumescence
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

детумесценция
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detumescence
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποχώρηση της στύσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Detumescence
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avsvällning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detumescence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detumescence

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETUMESCENCE»

The term «detumescence» is normally little used and occupies the 126.287 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETUMESCENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detumescence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detumescence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detumescence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETUMESCENCE»

Discover the use of detumescence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detumescence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Erotic Symbolism; The ...
The Psychological Significance of Detumescence—The Testis and the Ovary— Sperm Cell and Germ Cell—Development of the Embryo—The External Sexual Organs—Their Wide Range of Variation—Their Nervous Supply—The Penis—Its  ...
Havelock Ellis
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Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence, the Psychic ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... APPENDIX.
Havelock Ellis, 2012
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Cancer and Sexual Health
Loss of penile erection occurs after ejaculation or with cessation of sexual arousal. Penile detumescence involves return of the penis to the resting state and is mediated in large part by reversal of the erectogenic stimuli previously discussed.
John P. Mulhall, Luca Incrocci, Irwin Goldstein, 2011
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Male Sexual Function: A Guide to Clinical Management
Penile smooth muscle tone determines tumescence and detumescence and is regulated by a complicated neuronal mechanism involving the adrenergic, cholinergic, and nonadrenergic noncholinergic (NANC) pathways. Studies with ...
John Mulcahy, 2007
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Male Sexual Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Treatment
... remain to be determined. Sympathetic Control of Penile Detumescence and Flaccidity The major functions of the sympathetic innervation of the penis are to maintain the flaccid state and to produce detumescence following orgasmic relief.
Fouad R. Kandeel, 2007
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Glenn's Urologic Surgery
This results in multiple core biopsy windows or fistulas between the glans and each corporal body (Fig. 73.3). Several biopsy core fistulas are necessary to create enough communicating channels to cause detumescence. The puncture site is ...
Sam D. Graham, Thomas E. Keane, James Francis Glenn, 2010
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume 6 Sex in Relation ...
Detumescence—The Circulatory and Respiratory Phenomena—Blood Pressure — Cardiac Disturbance—Glandular Activity— Distillatio—TheEssentiallyMotor Character of Detumescence—Involuntary Muscular Irradiation to Bladder, etc.
Havelock Ellis, 2014
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Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes: Comparative and ...
The expected time of detumescence was estimated from the mean of the length of the swelling phase of previous cycles. One animal was examined five days before expected detumescence, and a large but unripe follicle was observed.
Charles Graham, 2012
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Analysis of the Sexual ...
Itis withthesecond stage of thesexual process, whenthe instinct of detumescence arises, thatthe analogy ofevacuation canalonebe called in.Evenhere, that analogy, though real, isnot complete, the nervous element involved in detumescence ...
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The Sexual Life of the Child:
In mostcases, the completeassociation of theprocesses of detumescence andcontrectation, suchasoccursin the impulse towards coitus, firsttakes place at a somewhatlaterage. This is so even whenthesensory element, which constitutes a part ...
Dr. Albert Moll, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETUMESCENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detumescence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Feel-good nonsense from Pope's greenies
Perhaps the sudden detumescence of enthusiasm for the Pope's words came from a slow-dawning realisation that if one exhorts Australians to ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
2
Baddies in books: Mickey Sabbath, Philip Roth's supernova of sin
And not just sexual, but rhetorical impotence; the detumescence of voice, of verbal reach in the world. As one turns the pages, increasingly ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
Concert review: Flood of Beauty is bold, beautiful and baffling
That would explain the frenzied last half hour of orgasmic outbursts from the entire body of performers, followed by detumescence in the form of ... «The Straits Times, Apr 15»
4
Edith Pearlman review: Honeydew is a collection of intricately …
And there is an old-fashioned primness that occasionally jars, particularly in the sex scenes ("his slow detumescence brought her to her own ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
5
Boston man fractures his penis having sex
He heard a snap, noticed a rush of blood from the meatus, had immediate detumescence, and had severe pain. The penile “fracture” refers to a ... «WEEI.com, Mar 15»
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Scientifically proven herbal aphrodisiacs
... and failure of detumescence (uncountable). The introduction of the first pharmacologically approved remedy for impotence, Viagra (sildenafil) ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Feb 15»
7
Reverse Cowgirl Responsible For Most Cases Of Penile Fracture In …
... of the erect penis to achieve detumescence,[subsiding an erection]” was behind an overwhelming number of injuries in this part of the world. «Medical Daily, Jan 15»
8
Management of Priapism: An Update for Clinicians
... from a combination of disturbances involving the regulatory mechanisms governing penile tumescence and initiation/maintenance of penile detumescence. «Medscape, Dec 14»
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For me, the thrill of history is often all about the erotics of not knowing
But after that comes … simply the detumescence of having nothing left to learn. The fact is, we need our historical mysteries in order to keep the ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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'Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love,' by James Booth: review
... on the “hot cushions” of a train, of sex on the wedding night — defloration, erection, orgasm and detumescence: “And as the tightened brakes ... «SFGate, Dec 14»

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