See Also: gobbon(dictionary)
dysfunction(dictionary)
Dysfunction(medicine)
Dysfunction(health)
psychosexual dysfunction(medicine)
Erectile dysfunction(health)
Dysfunction, erectile(health)
sexual dysfunction(encyclopedia)
ventricular dysfunction, right(medicine)
ventricular dysfunction(medicine)

Dysfunction, erectile (health) and gobbon (iou)


Dysfunction, erectile (health)


A consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse. Also commonly known as "impotence." Medically, the term "erectile dysfunction" is used to differentiate impotence from Other problems that interfere with sexual intercourse (such as lack of sexual desire and problems with ejaculation and orgasm). Impotence usually has a physical cause, such as disease, injury, drug side-effects, or a disorder that impairs blood flow in the penis. Impotence is treatable in all age groups.





gobbon (iou)



gobbon noun.LME-L16.
[Old French, app. rel. to gobbe and gobet: see GOB noun1, GOBBET noun. Cf. GUBBIN.]
A piece, a slice, a gobbet; a gob of slimy material.