Pacinian corpuscle

/pəˌsɪniən ˌkɔrˈpʌsəl/
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Other forms: Pacinian corpuscles

Definitions of Pacinian corpuscle
  1. noun
    a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
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    type of:
    nerve end, nerve ending
    the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
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