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- What is horripilation, and why does it happen?
Horripilation is when small bumps develop on a person’s skin, underneath the hair follicles This is an involuntary reaction controlled by the sympathetic nervous system
- Goose bumps - Wikipedia
The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor reflex, or, more traditionally, [5] horripilation It occurs in many mammals; a prominent example is porcupines, [6] which raise their quills when threatened, or sea otters when they encounter sharks or other predators
- HORRIPILATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HORRIPILATION is a bristling of the hair of the head or body (as from fright or excitement) : goose bumps How to use horripilation in a sentence
- HORRIPILATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
See horripilate, -ion] 2 meanings: physiology 1 → a technical name for gooseflesh 2 the erection of any short bodily hairs Click for more definitions
- horripilation, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
What does the noun horripilation mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun horripilation See ‘Meaning use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence
- horripilation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
horripilation (countable and uncountable, plural horripilations) A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, piloerection, pilomotor reflex
- Horripilation - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
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- What does HORRIPILATION mean? - Definitions. net
Horripilation is a physiological reaction where the hairs on the body, particularly on the arms and neck, stand up as a response to cold, fear, shock or excitement It is commonly known as 'goosebumps' or 'gooseflesh'
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