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Noun: malpighian body
  1. The capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
    - malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle

Derived forms: malpighian bodies

Type of: capsule

Part of: nephron, uriniferous tubule

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