Medical Definition of Touch 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 Touch Corpuscle

touchstone
touchstone
touchstones
touchtone
touchtones
touchup
touchups
touchwood
touchwood
touchwoods
touchy
touchy-feely
touch a chord
touch base
touch cell
touch corpuscle (current term)
touch down
touch football
touch modality
touch off
touch on
touch perception
touch sensation
touch system
touch typing
touch up
tough
tough-head
tough-minded
tough-pitch

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