| 单词 | tactile corpuscle |
| 释义 | tactile corpuscle in American English any of various small, epidermal structures with nerve endings sensitive to touch or pressure tactile corpuscle in American Englishnoun 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 Word origin [1870–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: asymmetric, immobilize, linkage, upgrade, washout |
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