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 ]
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 . 2012