ERECTION
\ɪɹˈɛkʃən], \ɪɹˈɛkʃən], \ɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ERECTION
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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[Latin] The state of a part which has become swollen and distended through accumulation of blood in erectile tissue.
By J.H. Kenneth
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Same etymon. The state of a part, in which, from having been soft, it becomes stiff, hard, and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the areolae of its tissue, as in the case of the penis
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] The state of being or of becoming erect, or of being made elevated and rigid; as E. of the penis.
By Alexander Duane
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The process of becoming or the state of being erect, as observed in the penis, the clitoris, and the nipples under the influence of erotic excitement or some other stimulus. Also applied to the elevation of the hairs. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
