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piloerects

piloerects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of piloerect.

Meaning of piloerect

Verb

piloerect (third-person singular simple present piloerects, present participle piloerecting, simple past and past participle piloerected)

  1. (intransitive) To produce piloerection.
    • The ability of some humans to consciously piloerect suggests even more similarity between humans and non-human animals.2022 September, Jonathon McPhetres, Janis H. Zickfeld, “The physiological study of emotional piloerection: A systematic review and guide for future research”, in International Journal of...

Questions about piloerects

What is piloerects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Piloerects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of piloerect.

Words near piloerects in the dictionary

  1. piloerecting
  2. piloerection
  3. piloerections
  4. piloerector
  5. piloerectors
  6. piloerects
  7. pilogenesis
  8. piloi
  9. piloid
  10. pilomatricoma
  11. pilomatricomas

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