What is a physiological metonymy for anger?

What is a physiological metonymy for anger?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in English in which a reference to the physiological response of a person experiencing anger stands for that emotion.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of physiological metonymies for anger:
	What is an agitation-for-anger metonymy? What is a body-heat-for-anger metonymy? What is an impeded-perception-for-anger metonymy? What is an internal-pressure-for-anger metonymy?

Generic
	A physiological metonymy for anger is a kind of
	What is a physiological-effects-for-emotion metonymy?

Context for this page:

Concept module: physiological metonymy for anger
In modular book: Metonymies in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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