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 .
2 Suddenly he was swept by horripilation .
3 Eliza did so in spite of a sudden horripilation that had spread over her scalp like a slick of burning oil.
4 Although he is addicted to the job, it is still contriving to drown him in its waking nightmare of ghastliness and horripilation .
5 The poor boy, whose fingers, nose, and ears had become extremely pale, was at first seized with slight shiverings, horripilations , and tremblings.
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