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tactile corpuscle

noun

  1. 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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tactile corpuscle1

First recorded in 1870–75

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