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Merkel cell en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after German anatomist Friedrich Sigmund Merkel.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Merkel cells	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

Merkel-Ranvier cell

Translations (2)

fi neuroendokriininen solu (type of cell) · fi Merkelin solu (type of cell)