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Merkel cells

Merkel cells is the plural of Merkel cell.

Meaning of Merkel cell

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.

Questions about Merkel cells

What is Merkel cells the plural of?
Merkel cells is the plural of Merkel cell.

Words near Merkel cells in the dictionary

  1. Merkavah
  2. Merkavas
  3. merked
  4. Merkel
  5. Merkel cell
  6. Merkel cells
  7. Merkel-Ranvier cell
  8. Merkel-Ranvier cells
  9. Merkelian
  10. Merkelism
  11. Merkelvellian

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