Medical Definition of Lamellated corpuscles

1. Small oval bodies in the skin of the fingers, in the mesentery, tendons, and elsewhere, formed of concentric layers of connective tissue with a soft core in which the axon of a nerve fibre runs, splitting up into a number of fibrils that terminate in bulbous enlargements; they are sensitive to pressure. Synonym: corpuscula lamellosa, pacinian corpuscles, Vater's corpuscles, Vater-Pacini corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamellated Corpuscles

lamella
lamella
lamellae
lamellar
lamellar
lamellar bone
lamellar cataract
lamellar granule
lamellar ichthyosis
lamellar keratoplasty
lamellar mixture
lamellar phase
lamellas
lamellate
lamellate
lamellated corpuscles (current term)
lamellately
lamellate placentation
lamella of bone
lamellibranch
lamellibranch
Lamellibranchia
lamellibranchiata
lamellibranchiate
lamellibranchs
lamellicorn
lamellicorn
lamellicornia
Lamellicornia
lamellicorns

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