See Also: antelucan(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
tactile(dictionary)
tactile(dictionary)
Tactile(medicine)
tactile anaesthesia(medicine)
tactile cell(medicine)
tactile agnosia(medicine)
Tactile hallucination(health)
tactile meniscus(medicine)

tactile corpuscle (medicine) and antelucan (iou)


tactile corpuscle (medicine)


tactile corpuscle


One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells.

Synonym: corpusculum tactus, Meissner's corpuscle, oval corpuscle, touch corpuscle.


antelucan (iou)



antelucan adjective. M17.
[Latin antelucanus, formed as ANTE- + luc-, lux light: see -AN.]
Of or pertaining to the hours before dawn; happening before dawn.