PACINIAN CORPUSCLE


Meaning of PACINIAN CORPUSCLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pə-ˈsi-nē-ən- ]

noun

Etymology: Filippo Pacini died 1883 Italian anatomist

Date: circa 1860

: a pressure-sensitive mechanoreceptor that is an oval capsule terminating some sensory nerve fibers especially in the skin

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.