Malpighi

[mahl-pee-gee]

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Marcello 1628–94, Italian anatomist.

Malpighi

/ mælˈpɪɡɪən, malˈpiːɡi /

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

Malpighi

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.

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Malpighian adjective

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Several people had followed up Galileo’s lead by the 1660s and, as we have seen, Malpighi in particular had already made important discoveries, especially those concerning the circulation of the blood, with the new instrument.

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

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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.

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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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malpais malpighiaceous

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