Found 2 items, similar to Malpighian corpuscles.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: malpighian corpuscle malpighian corpuscle n : the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron [syn: malpighian body, renal corpuscle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Malpighian corpuscles Malpighian \Mal*pi"ghi*an\, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]