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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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