Erection

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. Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. - Sidney
	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.

Noun	1.	erection - an erect penis Synonyms: hard-on
	2.	erection - a structure that has been erected
	3.	erection - the act of building or putting up Synonyms: erecting

Pronunciation: (ee-REK-shun):

Enlargement and hardening of the penis caused by increased blood flow into the penis and decreased blood flow out of it as a result of sexual excitement.

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