Krause, Wilhelm Johann Friedrich (1833–1910), German anatomist. A professor of anatomy at several German universities, Krause published a handbook of human anatomy and a treatise on end organs of motor nerves. Krause's corpuscle was described for the first time in 1860.
Medical Dictionary
Krause's corpuscle
noun Krau·se's corpuscle \ˈkrau̇-zəz-\
Medical Definition of KRAUSE'S CORPUSCLE
: any of various rounded sensory end organs occurring in mucous membranes (as of the conjunctiva or genitals)—called also corpuscle of Krause
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