erection

[ ih-rek-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of erecting.
2. the state of being erected.
3. something erected, as a building or other structure.
4. Physiology. a distended and rigid state of an organ or part containing erectile tissue, especially of the penis or the clitoris.

erection

/ ɪˈrɛkʃən /

noun

1. the act of erecting or the state of being erected
2. something that has been erected; a building or construction
3. physiol the enlarged state or condition of erectile tissues or organs, esp the penis, when filled with blood
4. an erect penis

Other Words From

• none·rection noun
• pree·rection noun
• ree·rection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of erection¹

First recorded in 1495–1505, erection is from the Late Latin word ērēctiōn- (stem of ērēctiō ). See erect, -ion

Example Sentences

The disease might also affect the scrotum, which could decrease testosterone production and hinder erections, according to Rena Malik, a urologist at the University of Maryland.

From Popular-Science

ProPublica followed up with multiple sellers on Marketplace and was sent details for two Omnilife supplements that one seller said contain “nutrients that the body and limb needs to make a POWERFUL erection.”

From ProPublica

The divisive political climate that led to the erection of those barriers makes Bakker’s sculptures timely.

From Washington Post

Between showing and growing, erections and not, it’s rarely the same size.

From Ozy

Then, she says she observed Cosby “sitting in a love seat near Foster and she noticed that he had an erection.”

From The Daily Beast

Judie Brown, president of American Life League, penned an op-ed blasting the “obvious erection.”

From The Daily Beast

Liberal sex propaganda or just something that sort of looked like an erection?

From The Daily Beast

Men get an erection, they touch themselves, and it feels good.

From The Daily Beast

I remembered that someone told me that Zero G gave men the appearance of a perpetual erection.

From The Daily Beast

A number of the articles were used in the erection of Edgbaston Vestry Hall, where the curious may inspect them if so inclined.

From Project Gutenberg

The cost of erection and the consumption of coal are not above one-third of a Boulton and Watt's, to perform the same work.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, she was placed in a room—or rather an erection of three storeys or rooms—of stout lattice-work in a turret of the castle.

From Project Gutenberg

But more characteristic than the erection of altars is the connection of deities with special localities.

From Project Gutenberg

An oracle said that he would not succeed in its erection before a man voluntarily offered himself as a sacrifice.

From Project Gutenberg

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