priapism

From Latin priapismus, from Priapus (“the god of procreation, the penis”) +‎ -ism, from Ancient Greek πριαπισμός (priapismós).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpraɪ.əˌpɪ.zəm/

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priapism (countable and uncountable, plural priapisms)

1. (pathology) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.
2. (figuratively) The obsessive focus on one's genitals or on the need for genital gratification.
   • 2018 September 26, Ross Douthat, “Brett Kavanaugh and the Limits of Certainty”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     [M]any on the right have found themselves justifying our current president's priapism with the same arguments that liberals once used to excuse Clinton.

• priapismic

• priapic

• erectile dysfunction
• permaboner

Borrowed from French priapisme.

priapism n (uncountable)

1. priapism