"erectile dysfunction" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} erectile dysfunction (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, pathology) The inability of a male to achieve or sustain an erection. Wikipedia link: erectile dysfunction Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Andrology, Medicine, Pathology, Sex Synonyms: ED, impotence, erectile dysfunction Translations (erectile dysfunction): erektiele disfunksie (Afrikaans), իմպոտենցիա (impotencʻia) (Armenian), էրեկտիլ դիսֆունկցիա (ērektil disfunkcʻia) (Armenian), disfunció erèctil [feminine] (Catalan), 陽痿 (Chinese Mandarin), 阳痿 (yángwěi) (Chinese Mandarin), 勃起功能障礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 勃起障礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 勃起障碍 (bóqǐ zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), erektilní dysfunkce (Czech), erectiestoornis (Dutch), erektiohäiriö (Finnish), dysfonction érectile [feminine] (French), trouble de l’érection [masculine] (French), dysérection [feminine] (French), იმპოტენცია (imṗoṭencia) (Georgian), erektile Dysfunktion [feminine] (German), στυτική δυσλειτουργία (stytikí dysleitourgía) (Greek), merevedési zavar (Hungarian), disfunzione erettile [feminine] (Italian), 勃起不全 (bokki fuzen) (alt: ぼっきふぜん) (Japanese), 발기부전 (balgibujeon) (Korean), impotentia erecti [feminine] (Latin), erekcijos disfunkcija [feminine] (Lithuanian), erektil dysfunksjon (Norwegian), zaburzenie erekcji [neuter] (Polish), disfunção erétil [feminine] (Portuguese), disfuncție erectilă (Romanian), эректи́льная дисфу́нкция (erɛktílʹnaja disfúnkcija) [feminine] (Russian), erektivna disfunkcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ерективна дисфункција [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), erektilna disfunkcija [feminine] (Slovene), disfunción eréctil [feminine] (Spanish), erektil dysfunktion [common-gender] (Swedish), vinballe (english: due to alcohol) [colloquial, common-gender] (Swedish), ภาวะหย่อนสมรรถภาพทางเพศ (Thai), sertleşme bozukluğu (Turkish), еректи́льна дисфу́нкція (erektýlʹna dysfúnkcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), liệt dương (Vietnamese)

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эректи́льная дисфу́нкция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erektivna disfunkcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ерективна дисфункција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erektilna disfunkcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disfunción eréctil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "erektil dysfunktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "due to alcohol",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vinballe"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "ภาวะหย่อนสมรรถภาพทางเพศ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "sertleşme bozukluğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "erektýlʹna dysfúnkcija",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еректи́льна дисфу́нкція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "liệt dương"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erectile dysfunction"
}

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