Webster's English Dictionaryerection
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