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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

malpighian body

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01 n. The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called malpighian corpuscle and Malpighian capsule.
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    The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called malpighian corpuscle and Malpighian capsule.(Anatomy) Also: malpighian corpuscle, Malpighian capsule