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Definition of Malpighian

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

Medical Definition of Malpighian

1. Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. Malhighian capsules or corpuscles, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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