Malpighian /(?)/
Mal·pi·ghi·an
Malpighian
a.
- 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.