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Goose bumps

Goose bumps (in American English), goose pimples (in British English), goosebumps, or gooseflesh are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which may involuntarily develop when a person is tickled, cold or experiencing strong emotions such as fear, euphoria or sexual arousal.

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Other names
Goose-pimples (in British English), goose-skin, goose-flesh, cutis anserina, horripilation, horripilatio
Specialty
Dermatology

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Goose bumps

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples59
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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Goose bumps

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related to Etymology · 34
Goose bumps → Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, For, French, Galician, German, Goose, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Irish, It, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Luxembourgish
related to As a response to cold · 4
Goose bumps → Goose, In, New World, This
related to External links · 4
Goose bumps → Goose, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to In humans · 4
Goose bumps → Further, In, Some, This
related to Extreme temperatures · 3
Goose bumps → Goose, The, This
related to Anatomy and biology · 2
Goose bumps → Goose, The
related to Opiate withdrawal · 2
Goose bumps → Piloerection, The
Other names · 1
Goose bumps → Goose-pimples (in British English), goose-skin, goose-flesh, cutis anserina, horripilation, horripilatio
Specialty · 1
Goose bumps → Dermatology

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goose bumps hair piloerection skin cold follicle humans body may also apm people known example reflex arrector pili response causes

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Goose bumpsOther namesGoose-pimples (in British English), goose-skin, goose-flesh, cutis anserina, horripilation, horripilatio1.00infobox
Goose bumpsSpecialtyDermatology1.00infobox
fearinstance ofcold or experiencing strong emotions0.80text
euphoria or sexual arousal.The formation of goose bumps in humans under stress is considered by some to be a vestigial reflexinstance ofcold or experiencing strong emotions0.80text
though visible piloerection is associated with changes in skin temperature in humansinstance ofcold or experiencing strong emotions0.80text
heroininstance ofGoose bumps can also be caused by withdrawal from opiates0.80text
Goose bumpsrelated to Anatomy and biologyGoose0.60section
Goose bumpsrelated to Anatomy and biologyThe0.60section
Goose bumpsrelated to As a response to coldIn0.60section
Goose bumpsrelated to As a response to coldGoose0.60section
Goose bumpsrelated to As a response to coldThis0.60section
Goose bumpsrelated to As a response to coldNew World0.60section

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