Malpighiancorpuscle

Malpighiancorpuscle
Mal·pigh·i·an corpuscle (măl-pĭgʹē-ən) n.
1. A mass of arterial capillaries enveloped in a capsule and attached to a tubule in the kidney. Also called Malpighian body, renal corpuscle.
2. A nodule of lymphatic tissue surrounding the smaller arteries in the spleen.
  [After Malpighi, Marcello.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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