PACINIAN CORPUSCLE


Meaning of PACINIAN CORPUSCLE in English

pəˈsinēən- noun

also pa·ci·ni's corpuscle pəˈchēnēz-

Usage: sometimes capitalized P

Etymology: Filippo Pacini died 1883 Italian anatomist + English -an or -'s (gen. suffix)

: one of the oval bodies serving as terminal capsules of certain sensory nerve fibers especially in the skin of the hands and feet

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.