| 1. | 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. |
malpighian corpuscle n.
See renal corpuscle.
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.