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Meissner’s corpuscle
Meiss·ner's cor·pus·cle [ mssnərz kàwrpəss'l, mssnərz kawr pùss'l ] (plural Meiss·ner's cor·pus·cles)


noun 
Definition:
 
anatomy 
Same as  tactile corpuscle
[Late 19th century. After Georg Meissner (1829-1905), German anatomist]
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