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n. Alternative spelling of goose flesh.

n. A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the skin; -- called also goose skin, goose pimples, goose bumps.

n. A rough condition of the skin, resembling that of a plucked goose, caused by the contraction of the erector muscles of the superficial hairs (arrectores pilorum), and induced by cold, fear, and other exciting causes. Also called goose-skin (and in New Latin cutis anserina). See horripilation.

n. reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation

"The vasoconstriction called gooseflesh meant his skin had begun sealing itself tighter to keep body heat in, stop blood flow to his periphery, where heat evaporated faster, and preserve it around his core organs."

reflex action    reflex response    physiological reaction    instinctive reflex    inborn reflex   

goose skin    goose pimples    goose bumps   

goose bumps    goose pimples    goose skin   

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