Merkel’s tactile disk

a type of sensory-nerve ending in the glabrous skin of the hands and feet and in the hairy skin. Also called Merkel’s corpuscle; Grandry–Merkel corpuscle. [Friedrich Siegmund Merkel (1845–1919), German anatomist; M. Grandry, 19th-century Belgian physician]

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December 18th 2024

endosomatic current

an electrical current produced by a living organism.