pacinian corpuscle

1. 1.

   a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals

   Broadernerve ending

   Part ofskin

Questions about pacinian corpuscle

What does pacinian corpuscle mean?

pacinian corpuscle means "a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals".

Is pacinian corpuscle a common word?

pacinian corpuscle 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.