The reflex process in which the arrectores pilorum (hair follicle) muscles contract and cause the hair to stand erect.
Sinônimos
Examples for "horripilation"
Examples for "horripilation"
1Sambhrama here means, probably, joy, or that gratification which shows itself in horripilation.
2Suddenly he was swept by horripilation.
3Eliza did so in spite of a sudden horripilation that had spread over her scalp like a slick of burning oil.
4Although he is addicted to the job, it is still contriving to drown him in its waking nightmare of ghastliness and horripilation.
5The poor boy, whose fingers, nose, and ears had become extremely pale, was at first seized with slight shiverings, horripilations, and tremblings.