erection
nounfeminine/i.ɾɛˈsɐ̃w̃/medium
e·re·ção
Definitions
1The action of erecting, raising, or constructing something.
The erection of the monument took several years.
The erection of a new building changed the landscape.
Common collocations
erection of a monumenterection of a building
2The state of rigidity and increased size of the penis (or clitoris), usually due to sexual arousal.
Erectile dysfunction is the inability to get or maintain an erection.
The drug facilitates erection.
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Common collocations
erectile dysfunctionmaintain an erectionpenile erection
Etymology
Do latim 'erectio, erectionis', de 'erigere'.