Entry: priapistic (adj.)
Definition:
Presumably from priapism (n.): 1. Med. Abnormal persistent erection
of the penis (without sexual arousal); an instance of this; (also) an
erect penis or 2. A phallus, a phallic image or symbol.
All
of which comes from Priapus (n.): 1. A Graeco-Roman god of procreation
and fertility, usually represented as a small, deformed figure with an
enormous phallus, and later taken as a tutelary god of gardens,
vineyards, etc.
It’s
a measure of either my maturity or lack of coffee, at this moment, that
I’m going to pass right over making jokes and intentional or otherwise
puns.
Other: Just
a head’s up: Wallace is about to go on one of his medical-jargon
frenzies and I’ve dutifully copied down most of the entries. I’m about
as excited for more medical terminology as you are, rest assured.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 31
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive Jest is a vocabulary-building and SNOOT-approved word-of-the-day blog centered around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
Doctors comment that penile growth happens in puberty age and it starts from 5th year of your childhood. The system of length is not with medicine. So what medical terminology for penis.
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