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Horripilation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Horripilation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reflex
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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