free nerve ending

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   microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor

   Broadernerve ending

   Part ofskin

Questions about free nerve ending

What does free nerve ending mean?

free nerve ending means "microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor".

Is free nerve ending a common word?

free nerve ending is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.