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pilomotor

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Main Entry: pi·lo·mo·tor
Pronunciation: "pI-l&-'mOt-&r
Function: adjective
: moving or tending to cause movement of the hairs ofthe skin <pilomotor nerves> <pilomotor erection>
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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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