Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]rectile.]
Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of
dilated.
{Erectile tissue} (Anat.), a tissue which is capable of being
greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the
numerous blood vessels which it contains.
Source : WordNet®
erectile
adj 1: capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile
feathers"
2: filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming
distended and rigid as the result of being filled with
blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ"
[syn: {cavernous}]