单词 | tactile corpuscle |
释义 | tactile corpusclenounan oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor. Also called Meissner's corpuscle. Origin of tactile corpuscleFirst recorded in 1870–75 Words nearby tactile corpuscletactician, tacticity, tactics, tactile, tactile anesthesia, tactile corpuscle, tactile disk, tactile fremitus, tactile hair, tactile image, tactile meniscus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Medical definitions for tactile corpuscletactile corpuscle n.Any of numerous minute oval end organs of touch in sensitive skin, as in the palms, fingertips, and soles of the feet.Meissner's corpuscle The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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