What is a physiological metonymy for love?

What is a physiological metonymy for love?

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

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of physiological metonymies for love:
	What is a body-heat-for-love metonymy? What is an impeded-perception-for-love metonymy? What is an increased-heart-rate-for-love metonymy?

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

Context for this page:

Concept module: physiological metonymy for love
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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