Malpighian corpuscle

American

noun

Anatomy.

Also called Malpighian body. Also called kidney corpuscle,. 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.

Malpighian corpuscle British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Malpighian corpuscle

First recorded in 1840–50

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