Pacinian corpuscles 【医】 帕西尼氏小体, 环层小体
Pacinian \Pa*cin"i*an\, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini
(1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century.
{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]