Usually means: Reduction or subsidence of swelling.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. detumescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. detumescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detumescence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. detumescence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. detumescence: Vocabulary.com
  6. Detumescence, detumescence: Wordnik
  7. detumescence: Wiktionary
  8. detumescence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. detumescence: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. detumescence: Dictionary.com
  11. Detumescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Detumescence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. detumescence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Detumescence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. detumescence: FreeDictionary.org
  16. detumescence: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. detumescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. detumescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detumescence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. detumescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. detumescence: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (detumescence)

▸ noun:  The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect penis.

Similar:
decretion, deliquescence, subsidence, desensitization, desensitisation, decontraction, dampening, diminishment, dimming, emasculation, more...

Opposite:
tumescence, erection, swelling, engorgement

Types:
venous, lymphatic, thermal, mechanical, chemical, more...

Adjectives:
penile, rapid, complete, immediate, sexual, early, general, symbolical, satisfactory, vigorous, defective

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Similar:
decretion, deliquescence, subsidence, desensitization, desensitisation, decontraction, dampening, diminishment, dimming, emasculation, more...

Opposite:
tumescence, erection, swelling, engorgement

Types:
venous, lymphatic, thermal, mechanical, chemical, more...

Adjectives:
penile, rapid, complete, immediate, sexual, early, general, symbolical, satisfactory, vigorous, defective



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