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How to pronounce detumescence in English?

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Type of decline, diminution

Examples of detumescence

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Suddenly all the tension in the car dissipates with a feeling like detumescence.
From the latimes.com
The fifth stage of sexual activity is detumescence, when the penis returns to its flaccid state.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The most obvious reason for this detumescence is that his early prominence was too good to last.
From the economist.com
The term that is opposite to erection is detumescence.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Detumescence usually follows ejaculation, but it can occur prematurely if the sex act is interrupted by an intrusive thought or event.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In either case, detumescence occurs when the penile arteries narrow and the veins widen, draining blood away from the organ.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This is the mind's natural reflex of tedium and disgust, much like the revulsion and detumescence experienced after watching hard-core pornography for a little while.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
  • Tumescence is the quality or state of being tumescent or swollen. Tumescence usually refers to the normal engorgement with blood (vascular congestion) of the erectile tissues, marking sexual excitation and possible readiness for sexual activity. ...
  • The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect penis
  • (detumesce) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state; To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs; To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence
  • The softening of an erection.
  • A decrease in swelling.
  • Loss of the erection.