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Definition of priapism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

priapism

noun
 
/ˈpraɪəpɪzəm/
 
/ˈpraɪəpɪzəm/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a condition in which a man’s penis remains erect (= stiff)
    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek priapismos, from priapizein ‘be lewd’, from Priapos (Greek form of Priapus, a god of fertility).
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