"Merkel cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Merkel cells [plural]
Etymology: Named after German anatomist Friedrich Sigmund Merkel. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Merkel cell (plural Merkel cells)
  1. An oval receptor cell having synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents, found in the skin of vertebrates and associated with the sense of light touch discrimination of shapes and textures. Wikipedia link: Merkel cell Synonyms: Merkel-Ranvier cell Translations (type of cell): neuroendokriininen solu (Finnish), Merkelin solu (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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