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ALL meanings of tactile corpuscle

tac·tile cor·pus·cle
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  • noun tactile corpuscle 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. 1
  • noun tactile corpuscle any of various small, epidermal structures with nerve endings sensitive to touch or pressure 0
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