Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Marcello Malpighi (1628–94), an Italian anatomist and physiologist: applied in anatomy to several structures discovered or particularly investigated by him, as follows.
- A lymphoid corpuscle of the spleen. See
corpuscle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
- adjective (Anatomy) the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
- adjective masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or discovered by Marcello Malpighi, an
Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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These lie parallel in the medullary or central structure, but On reaching the cortical or outer layer, they wind about and interlace, ending, at last, in dilated closed sacs called Malpighian capsules.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The air-filled tracheae of the larvae were clearly visible using phase-contrast x-ray imaging, and occasionally darker structures, which may be soft structures such as Malpighian tubules or developing salivary glands, were visible in all species.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Brent J. Sinclair et al. 2009
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Gas exchange is accomplished by book gills, book lungs, or tracheae, while waste products are excreted by coxal glands and/or Malpighian tubules.
Arthropoda 2007
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Trace water and salts from the Malpighian capsules to the bladder, naming parts through which they pass.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Here rather the arteries end suddenly when they have diminished to a diameter of one one-hundred-and-fortieth of an inch and end in a bulb (the Malpighian bodies).
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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Under such circumstances the sudden stoppage, particularly the impact of the magnetic blood stream against the membrane of a Malpighian body, exemplifies the physical law of the induction of electricity, in accordance with which the blood that enters the spleen is changed into plasma and exudes through the membrane of the Malpighian bodies.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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Malpighian corpuscles and supplies the acid tissue of the spleen (pulpa splenica).
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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This is because the separation of waste is done in part by the Malpighian capsules and in part by the uriniferous tubules.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Swelling of the spleen is caused by catabolism of the Malpighian bodies.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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The numerous Malpighian bodies in the spleen act as so many electrical conductors, and the product of their electrical activity is found in the formic and acetic acid of the fluid plasma which filters through the
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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