/i rek"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of erecting.
2. the state of being erected.
3. something erected, as a building or other structure.
4. Physiol. a distended and rigid state of an organ or part containing erectile tissue, esp. of the penis or the clitoris.
[ 1495-1505; erection- (s. of erectio ). See ERECT, -ION ]