free nerve ending

/fri nərv ˌɛndɪŋ/
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Other forms: free nerve endings

Definitions of free nerve ending
  1. noun
    microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
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    type of:
    nerve end, nerve ending
    the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
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