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Definition of: detumescence
(dē′t
·mes′əns, -ty-) noun Physiol.
1. The subsidence of any swelling in an organ or part.
2. Subsidence of the erectile tissue of the genitals following the orgasm.
—de′tu·mes′cent adjective
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