PACINIAN CORPUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacinian corpuscle mean? 

• PACINIAN CORPUSCLE (noun)
  The noun PACINIAN CORPUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PACINIAN CORPUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACINIAN CORPUSCLE (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

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Nouns denoting body parts

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)