Pacinian corpuscle

American  

[puh-sin-ee-uhn] / pəˈsɪn i ən /

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) a microscopic, onionlike body consisting of layers of connective tissue wrapped around a nerve ending, located in the deep layers of skin, tendons, etc., and functioning as a sensory receptor of pressure and vibration.

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Etymology

Origin of Pacinian corpuscle

1875–80; after Filippo Pacini (1812–83), Italian anatomist; -ian

Example Sentences

One of these receptors, the Pacinian corpuscle, responds to pressure and vibration.

From The Guardian

Pacinian corpuscle Located deep in the dermis of both types of skin, Pacinian corpuscles respond to high-frequency vibration.

From Nature

In fact, as the neuroscientist David Linden explained to me, it involves a predictable misread by something called a Pacinian corpuscle.

From The New Yorker

The largest of the simple forms of sense organs are bodies visible to the naked eye and called, from their discoverer Pacini, the Pacinian corpuscles.

From Project Gutenberg

Again, many of the nerve fibers terminate in corpuscles, the largest about 1/20 of an inch long, called Pacinian corpuscles.

From Project Gutenberg