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malpighian body
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malpighian body has 1 sense
- malpighian body(n = noun.body) malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle - the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; Array is a part of nephron, uriniferous tubule
has parts: bowman's capsule, capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule, glomerulus
is a kind of capsule
CIDE DICTIONARY
malpighian body, n.
The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called malpighian corpuscle and Malpighian capsule . [WordNet 1.5]
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