Usually means: Hair standing up; goosebumps response.
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  1. piloerection: Merriam-Webster
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  4. Piloerection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. piloerection: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (piloerection)

▸ noun:  The erection of hairs or papillae.
▸ noun:  The manifestation of goose bumps.

Similar:
epilation, pileolus, paremptosis, pseudopenis, pilotism, stage fright, papyrophilia, plerophoria, pseudopalate, pilpulism, more...

Opposite:
anhidrosis, anhidrotic

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Similar:
epilation, pileolus, paremptosis, pseudopenis, pilotism, stage fright, papyrophilia, plerophoria, pseudopalate, pilpulism, more...

Opposite:
anhidrosis, anhidrotic



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