erectile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite capable of being raised to an upright position
    • erectile feathers
  2. adjective satellite filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
    cavernous.
    • erectile tissue
    • the penis is an erectile organ

WordNet

E*rect"ile adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. érectile.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Webster 1913