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Malpighian
Mal-pi′ghi-an
,Adj.
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by,
Marcello
, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. Malpighi
Malpighian capsules
or
Malpighian corpuscles
(Anatomy)
, the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
– Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen
, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.