| Pronunciation: | | glow'meryûlus
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[n] a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; glomeruli filter blood during urine formation |
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GLOMERULUS is a 10 letter word that starts with G. |
| | See Also: | | capillary, malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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