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There is the period of tumescence, and the ecbole constituting the detumescence.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 1 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
Tumescence: a swelling or tumid enlargement: a puffed up area.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGYJOHN. B. SMITH
Hitherto we have been occupied mainly with the first phase, that of tumescence, and with its associated psychic phenomena.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 5 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
A state of tumescence is not normally constant, and tumescence must be obtained before detumescence is possible.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 3 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
The æsthetic question, however, remains the same as if we were dealing with tumescence.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 4 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
It seems best to call the first impulse the process of tumescence; the second the process of detumescence.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 3 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
A certain degree of tumescence must already have been attained.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 4 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
It is tumescence which is the really essential part of the process, and we cannot afford, with Moll, to ignore it altogether.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 3 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
In so far, however, as they are aids to tumescence they must be regarded as coming within the range of normal variation.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 4 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS
The facial expression when tumescence is completed is marked by a high degree of energy in men and of loveliness in women.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 5 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLIS

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