What is the state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue called?
erection — (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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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