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Erection self-test
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Erection self-test This is a test that determines the ability or inability to achieve an erection while sleeping.
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Erectile dysfunction
A man's consistent inability to achieve or maintain an erection during intercourse; commonly known as impotence.
Erection problems
An erection problem is the inability to get or maintain an erection that is firm enough for a man to have intercourse. You may be unable to get an erection at all, or you may lose the erection during intercourse before you are ready. If the condition persists, the medical term is erectile dysfunction.
Erection, penile
When the penis fills with blood and is rigid. The penis contains two chambers, called the corpora cavernosa, which run the length of the organ, are filled with spongy tissue, and surrounded by a membrane, called the tunica albuginea. The spongy tissue contains smooth muscles, fibrous tissues, spaces, veins, and arteries. The urethra, which is the channel for urine and ejaculate, runs along the underside of the corpora cavernosa. Erection begins with sensory and mental stimulation. Impulses from the brain and local nerves cause the muscles of the corpora cavernosa to relax, allowing blood to flow in and fill the open spaces. The blood creates pressure in the corpora cavernosa, making the penis expand. The tunica albuginea helps to trap the blood in the corpora cavernosa, thereby sustaining erection. Erection is reversed when muscles in the penis contract, stopping the inflow of blood and opening outflow channels.
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Exorcise
To expel or drive off an evil spirit with a special ritual; to deliver a person from being possessed by a demon.
Exorcist syndrome
A sexual condition of repeatedly assaulting, stigmatizing, or punishing people who manifest symptoms or behavior that threaten to occur in oneself.
Expiation
Atonement; penance.
Exteroceptive
Pertaining to a sensory organ that registers information from outside the body.
Extravasate
To seep through the skin, like drops of perspiration, or more accurately as plasma seeps through from the underlying capillaries to form droplets of lubrication on the adjoining vaginal mucosa.
Erection self-test
Erection problems
An erection problem is the inability to get or maintain an erection that is firm enough for a man to have intercourse. You may be unable to get an erection at all, or you may lose the erection during intercourse before you are ready. If the condition persists, the medical term is erectile dysfunction.
Echocardiography
A computer procedure that studies or evaluates the heart's function by using soundwaves recorded on an electronic sensor that produces a moving picture of the heart and heart valves.
Eclampsia
A serious, life-threatening condition in late pregnancy in which very high blood pressure can cause a woman to have seizures.
Ectopic pregnancy
Pregnancy that develops outside the uterus, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
Ejection fraction
The measurement of the blood pumped out of the ventricles.
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Erectile dysfunction
A man's consistent inability to achieve or maintain an erection during intercourse; commonly known as impotence.
Erection problems
An erection problem is the inability to get or maintain an erection that is firm enough for a man to have intercourse. You may be unable to get an erection at all, or you may lose the erection during intercourse before you are ready. If the condition persists, the medical term is erectile dysfunction.
Erection, penile
When the penis fills with blood and is rigid. The penis contains two chambers, called the corpora cavernosa, which run the length of the organ, are filled with spongy tissue, and surrounded by a membrane, called the tunica albuginea. The spongy tissue contains smooth muscles, fibrous tissues, spaces, veins, and arteries. The urethra, which is the channel for urine and ejaculate, runs along the underside of the corpora cavernosa. Erection begins with sensory and mental stimulation. Impulses from the brain and local nerves cause the muscles of the corpora cavernosa to relax, allowing blood to flow in and fill the open spaces. The blood creates pressure in the corpora cavernosa, making the penis expand. The tunica albuginea helps to trap the blood in the corpora cavernosa, thereby sustaining erection. Erection is reversed when muscles in the penis contract, stopping the inflow of blood and opening outflow channels.
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Exorcise
To expel or drive off an evil spirit with a special ritual; to deliver a person from being possessed by a demon.
Exorcist syndrome
A sexual condition of repeatedly assaulting, stigmatizing, or punishing people who manifest symptoms or behavior that threaten to occur in oneself.
Expiation
Atonement; penance.
Exteroceptive
Pertaining to a sensory organ that registers information from outside the body.
Extravasate
To seep through the skin, like drops of perspiration, or more accurately as plasma seeps through from the underlying capillaries to form droplets of lubrication on the adjoining vaginal mucosa.
Erection self-test
Erection problems
An erection problem is the inability to get or maintain an erection that is firm enough for a man to have intercourse. You may be unable to get an erection at all, or you may lose the erection during intercourse before you are ready. If the condition persists, the medical term is erectile dysfunction.
Echocardiography
A computer procedure that studies or evaluates the heart's function by using soundwaves recorded on an electronic sensor that produces a moving picture of the heart and heart valves.
Eclampsia
A serious, life-threatening condition in late pregnancy in which very high blood pressure can cause a woman to have seizures.
Ectopic pregnancy
Pregnancy that develops outside the uterus, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
Ejection fraction
The measurement of the blood pumped out of the ventricles.
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