Definitions for erectionɪˈrɛk ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

e•rec•tionɪˈrɛk ʃən(n.)

  1. the act of erecting.

  2. the state of being erected.

  3. something erected.

  4. a distended and rigid state of an organ or part containing erectile tissue, esp. the penis. an instance of this or a part or tissue in this state.

    Category: Physiology

Origin of erection:

1495–1505; < LL

Princeton's WordNet

  1. erection, hard-on(noun)

    an erect penis

  2. erection(noun)

    a structure that has been erected

  3. erecting, erection(noun)

    the act of building or putting up

Wiktionary

  1. erection(Noun)

    The act of building or putting up or together of something; construction.

  2. erection(Noun)

    A penis or clitoris that has become rigid.

  3. erection(Noun)

    Anything erected or built.

  4. erection(Noun)

    The physiological process by which a penis becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

  5. Origin: From erectio, noun of action from perfect passive participle erectus, from verb erigere, from prefix e- + regere, + action suffix -io.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Erection(noun)

    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. Erection(noun)

    the state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes

  3. Erection(noun)

    state of being stretched to stiffness; tension

  4. Erection(noun)

    anything erected; a building of any kind

  5. Erection(noun)

    the state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue


Translations for erection

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

erection(noun)

to set upright (a mast etc).

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