Medical Definition of Golgi corpuscle

1. An encapsulated sensory nerve ending similar to a pacinian corpuscle but simpler in structure. Tactile corpuscles found in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingertips, resembling pacinian corpuscles, but possessing fewer lamellae and a relatively larger cone, and having the contained fibres more extensively branched. (12 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golgi Corpuscle

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Goldwyn
Goldwynism
Goldwynisms
Golfo de Mexico
Golgi
Golgi's cell
Golgi's osmiobichromate fixative
Golgi's stain
Golgi's theory
Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle
Golgi apparatus
Golgi bodies
Golgi body
Golgi complex
Golgi corpuscle (current term)
Golgi epithelial cell
Golgi internal reticulum
Golgi tendon organ
Golgi type II neuron
Golgi type I neuron
Golgi zone
Golgotha
Goli otok
Goliard
Goliards
Goliath
Goliath beetle
Goll's column
Gollum

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