Definitions for tactile corpuscle

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tac′tile cor′puscle(n.)

an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers, and functioning as a touch receptor.
Category: Histology, Laboratory Biology, Cell Biology, Psychology

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1870–75

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