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erector

 
Dictionary: e·rec·tor   (ĭ-rĕk'tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that erects: an erector of skyscrapers.
  2. A muscle that causes or maintains the erection of a body part.

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    A person or business that makes or builds something: assembler, builder, constructor, maker, manufacturer, producer. See make/unmake.

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(ĭ-rĕk'tər)
n.

A muscle that makes a body part erect. Also called arrector.

[L.] a structure that erects, as a muscle that holds up or raises a part.

 
 

 

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