- malpighian corpuscle
- nounthe capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron• Syn: ↑malpighian body, ↑renal corpuscle• Hypernyms: ↑capsule• Part Holonyms: ↑nephron, ↑uriniferous tubule• Part Meronyms: ↑Bowman's capsule, ↑glomerular capsule, ↑capsula glomeruli, ↑glomerulus
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noun also malpighian bodyUsage: often capitalized M1. : the part of a nephron that consists of Bowman's capsule and its included glomerulus2. also malpighian follicle : any of the small masses of adenoid tissue formed around the branches of the splenic artery in the spleen* * *
Anat.1. Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.2. a compact aggregation of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole in the spleen.[1840-50]* * *
Malpighian body or Malpighian corpuscle,= renal corpuscle. (Cf. ↑renal corpuscle)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.