tentigo

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tentigo

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From Latin tentīgō (“lust”), from tendō (“stretch”).

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archaic, uncountable Penile erection or tumescence; especially, pathological erection (priapism). The emission of semen is excited by its abundance in the vesicles and by sexual instinct: it is effected by the violent tentigo which prevents the course of the urine, and, as it were, throws the way open for the semen; by a kind of spasmodic contraction of the vesiculæ seminales, […]

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@misc{tentigo_2026,
  title = {tentigo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tentigo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}