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MALPIGHIAN BODY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle; renal corpuscle

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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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