erectile dysfunction
noun
: chronic inability to achieve or maintain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse : impotence
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Heck, not even a little erectile dysfunction can get him down… figuratively speaking.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s been more research done on erectile dysfunction than on perimenopause or menopause.
—Melissa Showers, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2025
Besides the pain, discomfort and fatigue from the surgery and general anesthesia, you are typically left with urinary leakage and incontinence and erectile dysfunction for at least a while.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The film treats El Hadji’s erectile dysfunction, and his bumbling quest to resolve it, as a metaphor for post-independence leaders with shallow commitments to liberatory politics.
—Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s been more research done on erectile dysfunction than on perimenopause or menopause.
—Melissa Showers, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2025
Besides the pain, discomfort and fatigue from the surgery and general anesthesia, you are typically left with urinary leakage and incontinence and erectile dysfunction for at least a while.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The film treats El Hadji’s erectile dysfunction, and his bumbling quest to resolve it, as a metaphor for post-independence leaders with shallow commitments to liberatory politics.
—Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Erectile dysfunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erectile%20dysfunction. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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