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Pacinian corpuscles (medicine) and MOT (oh)


Pacinian corpuscles (medicine)


pacinian corpuscles


Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin. Pacinian corpuscles contain an afferent nerve fibre surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. They have large receptive fields and are most sensitive to high-frequency stimuli, such as vibration.


MOT (oh)



a test in Britain that all cars more than three years old must pass every year in order to show that they are still safe to be driven
::My car's just failed its MOT.
::an MOT certificate