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glomerulus
[ gloh-mer-yuh-luhs, gluh- ]
noun
, Anatomy.
, plural glo·mer·u·li [gloh-, mer, -y, uh, -lahy, gl, uh, -].
- a compact cluster of capillaries.
- 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
- a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule
- any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc, in the body
glomerulus
/ glō-mĕr′yə-ləs /
, Plural glomeruli glō-mĕr′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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Derived Forms
- gloˈmerular, adjective
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Other Words From
- glo·meru·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
This point is, however, difficult to make sure of owing to the facility with which the glomerulus breaks away.
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We have reason to think that the corpuscles and vascular channels in the glomerulus are developed in situ.
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Summary of the development of the head-kidney and glomerulus.
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As we hope to shew, this chamber soon becomes largely filled by a vascular glomerulus.
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The pronephric cavity with its glomerulus is identical in structure with a malpighian body.
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