priapismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpraɪ.əˌpɪ.zəm/

名詞

priapism (countable and uncountable, plural priapisms)

1. (pathology) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis (erection) 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) 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:

     [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.

派生語

• priapismic

関連する語

• priapic

参考

• erectile dysfunction
• permaboner