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piloerection

noun

Etymology

From pilo- + erection.

  1. borrowed from ērectiō
  2. prefixed as piloerection — “pilo + erection”

Definitions

  1. The erection of hairs or papillae.

    • A third difference between harvester ant stings and other stings is localized piloerection, the standing up of the hairs around the sting site.

  2. The manifestation of goose bumps.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for piloerection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA