Malpighian
Malpighian , adjective
(Anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Collocations (2)
Malpighian capsules or Malpighian corpuscles (Anatomy) , 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.