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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pacinian corpuscles (0.01599 detik)
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Pacinian corpuscle Pacinian corpuscle n : a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pacinian corpuscles Pacinian \Pa*cin"i*an\, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century. [1913 Webster] Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also Vater's corpuscles and Vater-Pacini corpuscles. They are sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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