Search Result for "malpighian body":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron;
[syn: malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

malpighian body \malpighian body\ n. (Anatomy), The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called malpighian corpuscle and Malpighian capsule. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

malpighian body n 1: the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron [syn: malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle]