Malpighi

[ mahl-pee-gee ]

noun

1. Mar·cel·lo [mah, r, -, chel, -law], 1628–94, Italian anatomist.

Malpighi

/ mælˈpɪɡɪən; malˈpiːɡi /

noun

1. MalpighiMarcello16281694MItalianSCIENCE: physiologist Marcello (marˈtʃɛllo). 1628–94, Italian physiologist. A pioneer in microscopic anatomy, he identified the capillary system (1661)

Malpighi

/ măl-pē′gē /

1. Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope in the study of anatomy. He discovered the capillary system, extending the work of William Harvey. He is also noted for his studies of the structure of the lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, skin, brain, and spinal cord.

Derived Forms

• Malpighian, adjective

Other Words From

• Mal·pigh·i·an [mal-, pig, -ee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

This theme of the body as a machine was developed in the seventeenth century by another Italian, Giovanni Borelli, who was an older contemporary and friend of Malpighi.

From Literature

Marcello Malpighi showed that the parts of the full-grown tree were present in the seed.

From Literature

Malpighi and his school contended that the perfect animal is already “preformed” in the germ; for example, the hen’s egg, before fecundation, containing an excessively minute, but complete, chick.

From Project Gutenberg

At the end of the seventeenth century Malpighi and Grew discovered that plant tissue is entirely made up of microscopic spaces enclosing fluid; they called these spaces cells.

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Malpighi, who was to fulfil Harvey’s discovery and foresight, was born in N.-E.

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