TACTILE CORPUSCLE


Meaning of TACTILE CORPUSCLE in English

an 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 .

[ 1870-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .