a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malpighian capsules or
Malpighian corpuscles (Anatomy), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anatomy), The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called malpighian corpuscle and Malpighian capsule. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Anatomy), See malpighian body.
Syn. -- malpighian body, Malpighian capsule. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Anatomy), The innermost layer of the epidermis.
Syn. -- stratum germinativum, rete Malpighii. [ WordNet 1.5 ]