erectile dysfunction

noun

: chronic inability to achieve or maintain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse : impotence

Examples of erectile dysfunction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Key Takeaways Tadalafil is the active ingredient in Cialis, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction. — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2026

The long-term consequences can be serious, notably incontinence and erectile dysfunction. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026

Ads for her for erectile dysfunction were already lining the same walls Dame had been barred from. — Rachel Braun Scherl, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The subsequent approval of Vybrique, an oral-film treatment for erectile dysfunction, widened the gap to 27 versus 2. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for erectile dysfunction

• adjunction
• compunction
• conjunction
• disjunction
• injunction
• malfunction
• eigenfunction
• multifunction
• function
• junction
• unction
• heterojunction

Medical Definition

erectile dysfunction

noun

: chronic inability to achieve or maintain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse : impotence sense 2

—abbreviation ED