erection

Meaning

Noun

• The act of building or putting up or together of something.
• Anything erected or built.
• The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
• The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
• A penis or clitoris that is erect.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- + regō, + action suffix -iō.