Krause's corpuscle
[krou-siz]
- any of numerous encapsulated nerve endings occurring in the skin and mucous membranes, functioning as sensory cold receptors.
Show More
Origin of Krause's corpuscle
after Wilhelm Krause (1833–1909), German anatomist, who described them in 1860
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018