HyperDic: free_nerve_ending

English > 1 sense of the expression free nerve ending:
NOUNbodyfree nerve endingmicroscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
English > free nerve ending: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningMicroscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor.
Part ofskin, tegument, cutisA natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
Broadernerve ending, nerve endThe terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse

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