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Noun: Malpighi  mal'pee-gee
  1. Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694)
    - Marcello Malpighi

Type of: histologist

Encyclopedia: Malpighi, Marcello