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pacinian |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pacinian \Pa*cin"i*an\, a. (Anat.) Of pertaining to or discovered by Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century. {Pacinian corpuscles}, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the integument and other parts of the body. They are supposed to be tactile organs.
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