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Significats de goosebump reflex en anglès

The reflex process in which the arrectores pilorum (hair follicle) muscles contract and cause the hair to stand erect.

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Examples for "horripilation"
Examples for "horripilation"
1
Sambhrama here means, probably, joy, or that gratification which shows itself in horripilation.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
2
Suddenly he was swept by horripilation.
Under the dome: a novel
3
Eliza did so in spite of a sudden horripilation that had spread over her scalp like a slick of burning oil.
The confusion
4
Although he is addicted to the job, it is still contriving to drown him in its waking nightmare of ghastliness and horripilation.
The Irish Times
5
The poor boy, whose fingers, nose, and ears had become extremely pale, was at first seized with slight shiverings, horripilations, and tremblings.
The Mysterious Island