malpighi

1. 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)

   SynonymsMarcello Malpighi

   Broaderhistologist

Other forms of malpighi

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about malpighi

What does malpighi mean?

malpighi means "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)".

How many syllables are in malpighi?

malpighi has 3 syllables: mal-pig-hi. The stress falls on "mal".

What is another word for malpighi?

Close synonyms include Marcello Malpighi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malpighi a common word?

malpighi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.