Any minute body or cell, particularly red and white blood cells or certain types of nerve endings.
Corpuscle means a small body. (See BLOOD.)
n. any small particle, cell, or mass of tissue.
Pacinian corpuscles, or lamellated corpuscles, are minute bulbs at the ends of the nerves scattered through the SKIN and subcutaneous tissue, and forming one of the end-organs for sensation.... pacinian corpuscles
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