: a structure forming the distal end of a nerve axon see neuron illustration
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Packed with nerve endings, the soles and toes respond to touch, massage, or even gentle nibbling.—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025 Experts suspect that, as a result of dehydration, fluids may move out of the brain, which stimulates pain-sensing nerve endings within the meninges (the tissues that cover the brain).12
6.—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025 When the patch is adhered to the skin and pressed against it, the needles painlessly pierce only the top layer of the skin, not reaching the nerve endings below.—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025 There are almost no nerve endings in the lungs, so in the early stages, the most common symptom of lung cancer is no symptom at all, says Dr. Keertan Dheda, a pulmonologist at Groote Schuur Hospital.—Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerve ending
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