erection
pronunciation
How to pronounce erection in British English:
UK [ɪˈrekʃn]
How to pronounce erection in American English:
US [ɪˈrɛkʃən]
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- Noun:
- an erect penis
- a structure that has been erected
- the act of building or putting up
Word Origin
- erection (n.)
- mid-15c., "establishment; advancement," from Late Latin erectionem (nominative erectio), noun of action from past participle stem of erigere "to set up, erect" (see erect (adj.)). Meanings "the putting up" (of a building, etc.), "stiffening of the penis" (also sometimes of the turgidity and rigidity of the clitoris) are both from 1590s.
Example
- 1. If the male has an erection does it indicate consent ?
- 2. Two years ago in galilee , a druze community protested the erection of a new tower , claiming that the towers already in their midst had caused cancer rates to skyrocket .
- 3. The large birds were previously thought to have blood-based erection mechanisms similar to humans .
- 4. The erection lasting longer than four hours that the makers of erectile dysfunction medicines warn you about .
- 5. A study by italian anatomists has suggested that erection may be somewhat different in men than in women .