\Mal*pi"ghi*an\, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an
Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
{Malhighian} {capsules or corpuscles}, the globular
   dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts,
   at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
{Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen}, masses of adenoid
   tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.