Webster's English Dictionary

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erection

erec.tion \i-'rek-sh*n\ n 1: the act or process of erecting : CONSTRUCTION  
   2a: the state marked by firm turgid form and erect position of a previously 
    flaccid bodily part containing cavernous tissue when that tissue becomes 
   dilated with blood 2b: an occurrence of such a state in the penis or 
   clitoris  3: something erected