piloerection.

Erection of body hairs through contraction of tiny muscles in the skin.

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• cold-induced piloerection

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Piloerection roughened his forearms.

The chill triggered piloerection.

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Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.