malpighian corpuscle

malpighian corpuscle definition - medical

malpighian corpuscle

noun
  1. See renal corpuscle.
  2. Any of numerous small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches in the spleen. Also called malpighian body, splenic lymph follicle.

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