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Merkel cell
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English
Etymology
Named after German anatomist Friedrich Sigmund Merkel.
Noun
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.
Synonyms
en Merkel-Ranvier cell
Translations
type of cell
Finnish: fi neuroendokriininen solu, fi Merkelin solu
en eponyms