Pilomotor
/ˌpaɪləʊˈməʊtə/
adjective
1.
(physiol) causing movement of hairs: pilomotor nerves
pilomotor pi·lo·mo·tor (pī’lə-mō’tər)
adj.
Moving the hair. Used of the erector muscles of hairs in the skin and the postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers that innervate them.
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