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Glomerule

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glom⋅er⋅ule

  [glom-uh-rool]
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–noun Botany.
a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.
Origin:
1785–95; < NL glomerulus glomerulus
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glom·er·ule   (glŏm'ə-rōōl', glŏm'yə-)   
n.  

  1. Botany A compact, cymose cluster of flowers.

  2. Anatomy A glomerulus.


[New Latin glomerulus; see glomerulus.]
glo·mer'u·late (glō-měr'yə-lĭt) adj.
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glomerule glom·er·ule (glŏm'ə-r&oomacr;l', glŏm'yə-)
n.
A glomerulus.

glo·mer'u·late (glō-měr'yə-lĭt) adj.

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