Malpighian corpuscle

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noun Anatomy.

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.

a compact aggregation of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole in the spleen.

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Origin of Malpighian corpuscle

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby Malpighian corpuscle

Malpighi, malpighiaceous, malpighian, malpighian body, malpighian capsule, Malpighian corpuscle, Malpighian layer, malpighian pyramid, malpighian stigma, Malpighian tube, Malpighian tubules

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How to use Malpighian corpuscle in a sentence

This is an expression which indicates the amount of hemoglobin in each red corpuscle compared with the normal amount.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The degree of pallor furnishes a rough index to the amount of hemoglobin in the corpuscle.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A single platelet lying upon a red corpuscle may easily be mistaken for a malarial parasite (Plate VI).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

Soon, dark-brown granules derived from the hemoglobin of the corpuscle make their appearance within it.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for Malpighian corpuscle

Malpighian corpuscle

Malpighian body

noun

anatomy an encapsulated cluster of capillaries at the end of each urine-secreting tubule of the kidney

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Medical definitions for Malpighian corpuscle

malpighian corpuscle

renal corpuscle

Any of numerous small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches in the spleen.malpighian body splenic lymph follicle