mal·pig·hi·an strat·um

the living layer of the epidermis comprising the stratum basale, and stratum spinosum.

Synonym(s): malpighian layer, malpighian rete

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malpighian layer

A layer of skin usually defined as the basal layer of epidermis (stratum basale epidermidis [NH3]) and/or the prickle cell layer (stratum spinosum epidermidis [NH3]).

mal·pig·hi·an stra·tum

(mal-pig'ē-ăn strā'tŭm)

The living layer of the epidermis comprising the stratum basale, stratum spinosum, and stratum granulosum.

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Malpighi,

Marcello, Italian anatomist, histologist, and embryologist, 1628-1694.

malpighian bodies - small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches. Synonym(s): malpighian glands; malpighian nodules; splenic lymph follicles

malpighian capsule - Synonym(s): glomerular capsule

malpighian cell - a cell of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis.

malpighian corpuscles - Synonym(s): renal corpuscle

malpighian glands - Synonym(s): malpighian bodies

malpighian glomerulus - a tuft formed of capillary loops at the beginning of each nephric tubule in the kidney. Synonym(s): malpighian tuft

malpighian layer - Synonym(s): malpighian stratum

malpighian nodules - Synonym(s): malpighian bodies

malpighian pyramid - Synonym(s): renal pyramid

malpighian rete - Synonym(s): malpighian stratum

malpighian stigmas - the points of entrance of smaller veins into the larger veins of the spleen.

malpighian stratum - the living layer of epidermis comprising the stratum basale, stratum spinosum, and stratum granulosum. Synonym(s): malpighian layer; malpighian rete

malpighian tubules - in insects, slender tubular or hairlike excretory structures.

malpighian tuft - Synonym(s): malpighian glomerulus

malpighian vesicles - the minute air-filled vesicles on the surface of an expanded lung.