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  • Erogenous

    Exciting sexual desire. To stimulation of the sexual instinct, especially to the areas of the body (erogenous zones) where such stimulation leads to sexual arousal. Describing certain parts of the body, the physical stimulation of which leads to sexual arousal. A term to describe those parts of the body for example, the mouth, breasts and…

  • Ergotropic

    That which incites to activity.  

  • Ergot fungus

    The sclerotium of the fungus Claviceps purpurea, which grows as a parasite on the rye plant and from which LSD is synthesized.  

  • Ergomania

    Compulsive worker.  

  • Ergogenic agent

    A drug used for purposes of artificially improving athletic performance include stimulants, narcotics, analgesics, and steroids.  

  • Erepsin

    A protein splitting enzyme of the intestine. A mixture of enzymes produced by the glands in the intestine, used in the production of amino acids. A mixture of protein-digesting enzymes secreted by the intestinal glands. It is part of the succus entericus.  

  • Erection

    The condition of becoming rigid and elevated as in an of the penis. A state where a body part such as the penis becomes swollen because of engorgement with blood. State of rigidity, especially of the penis, which becomes enlarged and elevated when its tissues fill with blood usually as a result of sexual arousal…

  • Erectile tissue

    Tissue containing large vascular spaces that fill with blood upon stimulation, erectile. Vascular tissue which can become erect and stiff when engorged with blood, e.g. the corpus cavernosum in the penis. Type of spongy tissue (e.g., that found in the penis or clitoris) having large spaces within it that can fill with blood to stiffen…

  • Erectile inhibition

    Impotence.  

  • Erectile

    In anatomy, tissues that are capable of erection, erectile tissue, erectile dysfunction. Capable of causing erection or becoming erect. The penis is composed largely of erectile tissue.  

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