Malpighian-corpuscle
noun, Anatomy.
1.
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.
2.
a compact aggregation of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole in the spleen.
noun
1.
(anatomy) an encapsulated cluster of capillaries at the end of each urine-secreting tubule of the kidney
malpighian corpuscle n.
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