Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tumescence

Tumescence , noun

[Latin tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of tumescere to swell up, v. incho. from tumere to swell.]

The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual intercourse.