5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
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E*rect"ive (?), a. Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
E*rect"ly, adv. In an erect manner or posture.
E*rect"ness, n. Uprightness of posture or form.
E*rec"to-pat"ent (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
2. (Zoöl.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
E*rec"tor (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, erects.