detumesce

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ tumesce.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːtjuːˈmɛs/, /diːtʃuːˈmɛs/

Verb

detumesce (third-person singular simple present detumesces, present participle detumescing, simple past and past participle detumesced)

1. (intransitive, of sexual organs) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
2. (intransitive, of a person) To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs.
3. (transitive) To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂- (0 c, 47 e)