glomerulus
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yə noun, plural glo·mer·u·li [gloh-mer-yuh-lahy, gluh-] . Anatomy.
[gloh-mer-yuh-lahy, gluh-] . Anatomy. 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.
Compare Bowman's capsule, Malpighian corpuscle.
Origin:
1855–60; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to Latin glomer- (stem of glomus) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ule
1855–60; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to Latin glomer- (stem of glomus) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ule
Related forms
glo·mer·u·lar, adjective
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glomerulus (ɡlɒˈmɛrʊləs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -li | |
| 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 |
| [C18: from New Latin, diminutive of glomus ball] | |
| glo'merular | |
| —adj | |
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glomerulus glo·mer·u·lus (glō-měr'yə-ləs)
n. pl. glo·mer·u·li (-lī')
A small cluster or intertwined mass.
A tuft of capillaries situated within a Bowman's capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filters waste products from the blood and thus initiates urine formation.
The twisted secretory portion of a sweat gland.
A nerve ending consisting of a cluster of dendritic ramifications and axon terminals surrounded by a glial sheath.
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Science Dictionary
| glomerulus (glō-měr'yə-ləs) Pronunciation Key
Plural glomeruli (glō-měr'yə-lī') 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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In the renal glomerulus there are larger fenestrae which have no diaphragms.
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