goose_bumps has definitions from the fields of biology,medicine
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[ noun ] (biology,medicine) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

You laughed and then your chest swelled and you felt you could cry for a little bit , and then a feeling hit you like a chill in your stomach and the goose_bumps rippled along your arm .

Related terms

symptom reflex horripilate

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