Elevated C-reactive Protein (CRP). C-reactive protein (CRP) is a substance produced by the liver that increases in the presence of inflammation in the body.
soft touch. 1. a gentle way of handling someone or something. Bess has a soft touch and can bring both sides together. Kelly lacks the kind of soft touch needed for this kind of negotiation. 2. a gullible person; a likely victim of a scheme. John is a soft touch. You can always ask him for a few bucks.
They are slow-adapting, unencapsulated nerve endings, which respond to light touch. Light touch, also known as discriminative touch, is a light pressure that allows the location of a stimulus to be pinpointed. The receptive fields of Merkel's disks are small, with well-defined borders.