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    MALPIGHIAN BODY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephronplay

    Synonyms:

    malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle; renal corpuscle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("malpighian body" is a kind of...):

    capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)

    Meronyms (parts of "malpighian body"):

    Bowman's capsule; capsula glomeruli; glomerular capsule (thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron)

    glomerulus (a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation)

    Holonyms ("malpighian body" is a part of...):

    nephron; uriniferous tubule (any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney)

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