priapism
noun/ˈpraɪəpɪzəm/
/ˈpraɪəpɪzəm/
[uncountable] (medical)- 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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