Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
2.
a compact aggregation of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole in the spleen.
Origin
1840-50
British Dictionary definitions for Malpighian corpuscle
Malpighian corpuscle
noun
1.
(anatomy) an encapsulated cluster of capillaries at the end of each urine-secreting tubule of the kidney
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.