malpighian body

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

malpighian body
    n 1: the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus
         at the expanded end of a nephron [syn: {malpighian body},
         {malpighian corpuscle}, {renal corpuscle}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

malpighian body \malpighian body\ n. (Anatomy),
   The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of
   a nephron; also called {malpighian corpuscle} and {Malpighian
   capsule}.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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