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erethism

/er-uh-thiz-uhm/US // ˈɛr əˌθɪz əm //UK // (ˈɛrɪˌθɪzəm) //

侵蚀主义,啮合主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Physiology.

    • : an unusual or excessive degree of irritability or stimulation in an organ or tissue.

Examples

  • Normally, there appears to be no erethism of the sexual organs during the process of love-making.

  • In all these cases it is worthy of remark that there was present an unusual degree of cerebral erethism.

  • They lose control over their vasomotor system to some extent as a result of this systemic erethism.

  • At the same time they consider that, while erethism is less, sexuality is greater than in men.

  • But ought this excess of nervous erethism to be referred necessarily to the peculiar nature of the Urning?