English Explanatory Dictionary

arrector pili

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals, the contraction of which causes the hairs to stand on end.

Word forms

arrector pili arrectores pilorum

Etymology

Latin.

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