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Adj.

(Anat.)

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by,

Marcello

Malpighi

, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.

Malpighian capsules

Malpighian corpuscles

(Anatomy)

the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.

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Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen

masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.

Malpighian ‎(comparative more Malpighian, superlative most Malpighian)

Of, relating to, or discovered by Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.