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Meaning of GLOMERULUS

Pronunciation:  glow'meryûlus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; glomeruli filter blood during urine formation
 
 See Also: capillary, malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Glo*mer"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Glomeruli}. [NL., dim. of
L. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] (Anat.)
The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian
capsule of the kidney.
 

 

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