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tactile corpuscle

American

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of tactile corpuscle

First recorded in 1870–75

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