glo·mer·u·lus (gl -m r y -ls)n. pl. glo·mer·u·li (-l   ) Anatomy 1. A small cluster or mass of blood vessels or nerve fibers. 2. 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. [New Latin, diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer-, ball.] |
glomerulus [glɒˈmɛrʊləs]
n pl -li [-ˌlaɪ]
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc., in the body
[from New Latin, diminutive of glomus ball]
glomerular adj
| glomerulus (gl-mry-ls) Plural glomeruli (gl -mry-l) 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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| Noun | 1. | glomerulus - a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle - the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron capillary vessel, capillary - any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules |
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