Detumesce

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /diːtjuːˈmÉ›s/, /diːtʃuːˈmÉ›s/

Full definition of detumesce

Verb

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

• detumescence
• detumescent