MALPIGHIAN LAYER


Meaning of MALPIGHIAN LAYER in English

[ mal'pɪgɪən ]

■ noun Zoology & Anatomy a layer in the epidermis in which skin cells are continually formed by division.

Origin

C19: named after the 17th-cent. Italian microscopist Marcello Malpighi .

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