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glomerulus

[ gloh-mer-yuh-luhs, gluh- ]

noun

, Anatomy.
, plural glo·mer·u·li [gloh-, mer, -y, uh, -lahy, gl, uh, -].
  1. a compact cluster of capillaries.
  2. Also called Malpighian tuft. a tuft of convoluted capillaries in the nephron of a kidney, functioning to remove certain substances from the blood before it flows into the convoluted tubule.


glomerulus

/ ɡlɒˈmɛrʊləs /

noun

  1. a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule
  2. any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc, in the body
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glomerulus

/ glō-mĕryə-ləs /

, Plural glomeruli glō-mĕryə-lī′

  1. A knot of highly permeable capillaries located within the Bowman's capsule of a nephron. Waste products are filtered from the blood in the glomerulus, initiating the process of urine formation.


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Derived Forms

  • gloˈmerular, adjective
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Other Words From

  • glo·meru·lar adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glomerulus1

1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin glomer- (stem of glomus ) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ule
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glomerulus1

C18: from New Latin, diminutive of glomus ball
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Example Sentences

First, tinkering with earlier receptors in glomeruli tends to more intensely disrupt odor perception.

The problem is that all glomeruli aren’t created equal in the chain of neural data command.

This point is, however, difficult to make sure of owing to the facility with which the glomerulus breaks away.

We have reason to think that the corpuscles and vascular channels in the glomerulus are developed in situ.

Summary of the development of the head-kidney and glomerulus.

As we hope to shew, this chamber soon becomes largely filled by a vascular glomerulus.

The pronephric cavity with its glomerulus is identical in structure with a malpighian body.

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