Medical Definition of Oval corpuscle

1. One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells. Synonym: corpusculum tactus, Meissner's corpuscle, oval corpuscle, touch corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oval Corpuscle

ovalbumin
ovalbumins
Ovalipes
Ovalipes ocellatus
ovalities
ovality
ovally
ovalness
ovalnesses
ovalocyte
ovalocytic anaemia
ovalocytosis
ovals
oval amputation
oval area of Flechsig
oval corpuscle (current term)
oval fasciculus
oval kumquat
Oval Office
oval window
oval window
ovarial
ovarialgia
ovarian
ovarian
ovarian amenorrhoea
ovarian artery
ovarian artery
ovarian branch of uterine artery
ovarian bursa

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