Pacinian

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pacinian \Pa*cin"i*an\, a. (Anat.)
     Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini
     (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Pacinian corpuscles}, small oval bodies terminating some of


        the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of
        the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the
        body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also {Vater's
        corpuscles} and {Vater-Pacini corpuscles}. They are
        sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]