01 a. Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
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Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.(Anat.)
Phrases & compounds
Malpighian capsules —
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.