| 词汇 | malpighian |
| 词源 | Malpighian. His name is not well known outside scientific textbooks, but the Italian physiologist Marcello Malpighi (1628– 94) deserves recognition as the founder of microscopic anato- my, the discoverer of the movement of blood through the capillaries, which completed the theory of circulation formu- lated by William Harvey, and for his pioneer work in the study of plant and animal tissues. Malpighi, a professor of medicine at Messina University, later served as private physician to Pope Innocent XII. He was one of the first men to use the micro- scope to study animal and vegetable tissue and the first to attempt an anatomical description of the brain with this in- strument. He is commemorated by several words, including the Malpighiaceae family of ornamental tropical plants. The technical terms of Malpighian corpuscle, Malpighian layer, Malpighian tube, and Malpighian tuft recall his important work in anatomy. |
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