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GRANDRY'S CORPUSCLES

\ɡɹˈandɹiz kˈɔːpʌskə͡lz], \ɡɹˈandɹiz kˈɔːpʌskə‍lz], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ɹ_i_z k_ˈɔː_p_ʌ_s_k_əl_z]\

Definitions of GRANDRY'S CORPUSCLES

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.

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Taste corpuscles in the beak and tongue of birds; they consist of a number of cells, enclosed in a capsule, and between the cells run medullated nerve-fibers.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

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