Malpighian \Mal*pi"ghi*an\, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an
Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
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{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.
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