detumesce
English
/diːtjuːˈmɛs/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
- (intransitive) To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs.
- (transitive) To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence.
Etymology
Prefix from English tumesce root from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (swell, crowd, grow, become strong, be strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tewh₂-
Gloss
swell, crowd, grow, become strong, be strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axosomatic English
- dendrosomatic English
- detumescence English
- detumescent English
- intestosomatic English
- intumescence English
- neurosome English
- soma English
- somatically English
- somatology English
- tumefaction English
- tumesce English
- tumescent English
- tumulus English
- intumēscēns Latin
- obturo Latin
- tomentum Latin
- tuber Latin
- tuccetum Latin
- tuccētum Latin
- tumesco Latin
- tumor Latin
- tumultus Latin
- tumultuōsus Latin
- tumulus Latin
- turgeo Latin
- turio Latin
- tutulus Latin
- tumulte French
- Σωκράτης Ancient Greek
- Σωσίπατρος Ancient Greek
- Σωσιγένης Ancient Greek
- Τιτυός Ancient Greek
- σαόω Ancient Greek
- συσσῴζω Ancient Greek
- σωματικός Ancient Greek
- σωστός Ancient Greek
- σωτήρ Ancient Greek
- σωτηρία Ancient Greek
- σῶμα Ancient Greek
- σῶστρα Ancient Greek
- σῶτρον Ancient Greek
- τίτυρος Ancient Greek
- τύμβος Ancient Greek
- τύφη Ancient Greek
- χρῶμα Ancient Greek
- ἄσωτος Ancient Greek
- *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tewtéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ti-tuh₂-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *tum- Proto-Indo-European
- *tum-éh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *tweh₂-u-s Proto-Indo-European
- tomben Middle English
- trifle Middle English
- tobo Galician
- toco Galician
- tosca Galician
- touca Galician
- touceira Galician
- toucelo Galician
- touciño Galician
- touza Galician
- توان Persian
- σωματικός Greek (modern)
- թուխ Old Armenian
- touço Old Portuguese
- *tūβos Proto-Italic
- *tūtā Proto-Albanian