Malpighian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malpighian \Mal*pi"ghi*an\, a. (Anat.)
     Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an
     Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
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     {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.
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