horripilation
Plural: horripilations
Noun
- reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
- A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.
Synonyms
goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, pilomotor reflex, goose flesh, piloerection
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