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Ruffini's corpuscle

[ roo-fee-neez ]

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ruffini's corpuscle1

After Italian anatomist Angelo Ruffini (1874–1929), who described them in 1898

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