(n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
(n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
(n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
(n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
(n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 1986, Bill Heine erected a 25ft sculpture of a shark falling through the roof of his terraced house in Oxford .
(2) The effect of aspirin on the development of hypercoagulability in the penile blood during erection was studied in five Chacma baboons.
(3) Many failures of spontaneous erection will, however, respond to intracavernous injection of vasoactive agents postoperatively.
(4) Supine and erect blood pressure (sphygmomanometer) measurements and side effects were noted at the same times.
(5) Morphine (0.1 to 5 micrograms), but not U-69,593 (5 micrograms), injected into the PVN 10 minutes before oxytocin or apomorphine, was found to be able to prevent penile erection and yawning induced by the unilateral PVN microinjection of oxytocin (10 ng) or apomorphine (50 ng).
(6) One in four British homes could be fitted with solar heating equipment and 3,500 wind turbines could be erected across Britain within 12 years as part of a green energy revolution to be proposed by the government next week.
(7) The initial dosage in pharmacological erection therapy may be adjusted according to these risk factors.
(8) Significantly, more of the patients aged below 30 years reported erection sufficient for coitus (p less than 0.05).
(9) In erect subjects, voluntary changes of shape at FRC did not change regional volume distribution.
(10) Apomorphine (Apo), a short acting dopamine (DA) receptor agonist, stimulates growth hormone (GH) secretion, decreases prolactin secretion, induces yawning, penile erections and other physiological effects in man.
(11) This experimental model excludes the interference of subjective factors, such as erotic stimuli and libido on erection, and it seems that androgen deficiency has a direct effect on the neurophysiology of the erectile tissues resulting in a higher tonus of the detumescence factors, which can be explained by an incomplete relaxation of the sinusoidal smooth muscle.
(12) The patients were seen after a sustained erection of 20 hours maximum on 15 occasions and one patient was seen after a sustained erection of 36 hours.
(13) Fifty patients were studied with erect films at excretory urography.
(14) The veins which are not compressable during erection can eventually be obliterated under radiological control with the help of mini-coils.
(15) Patients showing a complete erection had their intrapenial blood volumes 4.2-11.2 times greater than before VSS (mean increase, 8.0 times).
(16) In nine normal subjects duplicate measurements were made in the erect (seated), supine, and lateral decubitus posture, at a constant tidal volume (700 ml) and frequency (1 Hz) starting from functional residual capacity (FRC).
(17) Erections were induced by cavernous nerve stimulation before and after atropine.
(18) In the light of previously published advice and reports, the experience gained from these two cases now dictates that investigation of an unexplained death occurring after exposure to, and change from, hyperbaric or hypobaric conditions, should begin with plain erect chest radiography on the body before autopsy.
(19) Although it is the world's biggest CO2 emitter and notorious for building the equivalent of a 400MW coal-fired power station every three days, it is also erecting 36 wind turbines a day and building a robust new electricity grid to send this power thousands of miles across the country from the deserts of the west to the cities of the east.
(20) Contraction of the ischiocavernosus muscles occluded the arterial inflow and venous outflow to the CCP, making it a closed system during peak erection.
Piloerection
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The clinical and physical signs appearing after intoxication include among other lethargy, decreased locomotor activity, piloerection, weight loss and perorbital bleeding.
(2) Detailed analyses were made of piloerection displays, adult play, copulatory, aggressive, and prey-catching behaviour.
(3) A case is reported of a phaeochromocytoma revealed during a general anaesthesia by a sudden hypertensive crisis associated with acute pulmonary oedema and signs of extreme sympathetic stimulation (bilateral mydriasis, piloerection, peripheral vasoconstriction).
(4) These changes included piloerection, tremor, pelvic elevation and tail elevation, as well as changes in body tone, abdominal tone and pupil size.
(5) Dopamine causes reflex erythema, central blanching, and piloerection depending on the dose and the type of application wheal reaction.
(6) The somatic and autonomic displays which accompanied defensive behavior were similar between stimuli, consisting of mydriasis, piloerection, growling, hissing and paw strikes.
(7) As a complementary indication of sympathetic activation, it was observed that piloerection occurred during suckling.
(8) She developed frequent episodes of severe generalised muscle spasms associated with piloerection and hyperventilation.
(9) pupil dilatation, piloerection, retraction of the ears, arching of the back, hissing, howling and growling) known as the 'defence reaction'.
(10) However, the response to 2DOG was a reduction in voluntary movements, piloerection, irregular clonic jerks, splayed limbs and fits of wild running.
(11) The physiology of piloerection is described and clinical experience is discussed.
(12) The behaviors included head and body shakes, paw tremor, excessive grooming, unusual posture and gait, mild diarrhoea, piloerection, extreme agitation and irritability to touch, and a later phase of sedation.
(13) A positive pseudo-Darier's sign (temporary induration or piloerection after rubbing) helped to differentiate CSMH from congenital hairy nevo-cellular nevus.
(14) A patient we recently treated for preterm labor learned to recognize contractions by the associated symptoms of autonomic hyper-reflexia: flushing, headache, and piloerection.
(15) Affective defense behavior elicited from the midbrain central gray is characterized by marked vocalization such as hissing and growling, pupillary dilatation, urination and piloerection.
(16) Thiamine-deficient rats were characterized essentially by ataxia, piloerection, paresis, apparent weakness, and hypothermia after 4-6 weeks on a thiamine-free diet.
(17) The mice intraperitoneally injected with the extract became lethargic and piloerection was seen.
(18) Analysis of individual elements of intermale social aggression indicated that the lesioned animals were deficient in attack, bite, and piloerection but not in on-top behavior.
(19) Compared with vehicle and cytokines alone, injection of IFN-gamma + TNF-alpha was associated with a variety of clinical and pathological changes including abdominal distention, piloerection, ascites, oedema, thymic atrophy, splenic enlargement and pancreatic distention.
(20) Modulation of this spasticity and secondary beneficial physiological effects were achieved, including regulation of bowel regimens, production of sweating and piloerection below the level of the lesion, and morning erections.