Look up: Gooseflesh

1. Gooseflesh
   Gooseflesh: A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or fear. That stimulus causes a nerve discharge from the sympathetic nerv...
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2. gooseflesh
   (from the article `human disease`) ...represents a mechanism by which the skin is kept moist. By the evaporation of the moisture, heat is lost more rapidly. The hot day, therefore, ...
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3. gooseflesh
   gooseflesh, temporary rumpling of the skin into tiny bumps, also called goose bumps and goose pimples, and technically known as cutis ansirina. In response to cold or certain emotional states, such as fear or rage, the smooth muscles of the subsurface layer (dermis) of skin tend to contract, causing...
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4. gooseflesh
   Type: Term Pronunciation: gūs′flesh Synonyms: cutis anserina
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