Erection
Definition of Erection
E`rec´tion | n. | 1. | The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage. | | 2. | The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. | | 3. | State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. | | 4. | Anything erected; a building of any kind. | | 5. | (Physiol.) The state of a body part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue; - used especially of the penis; as, to get or have an erection. |
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