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pilomotor (adjective (not comparable))
Descriptive of the reflex that produces goose bumps: The pilomotor arrector muscles of hair,, causes the contraction and produces "cutis ansertina" (goose flesh) and the erection of the hairs.

The pilomotor causes movements of hairs, as the "arrectores pilorum".

This entry is located in the following units: mot-, moto-, -motile, -motility, -motorial, -motoric, -motive, -motored; mov- (page 6) pilo-, pil-, pili- + (page 3)