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PACINIAN CORPUSCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pacinian corpuscle" is a kind of...):
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)
Holonyms ("Pacinian corpuscle" is a part of...):
cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)
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