Free nerve ending (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("free nerve ending" is a kind of...):
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)
Holonyms ("free nerve ending" is a part of...):
cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)