glomerulus

Meaning

1. A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
2. A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type.
3. Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

Synonyms

glomerule

globule

pellet

spherulite

renal corpuscle

glomeruli

malpighian body

malpighian corpuscle

bulb

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glomerulus of kidney

Translations

glomérule

glomérulo

Glomerulum

Glomerulus

glomerulo

glomérulo

glomérulo renal

glomèrul

Nierenkörperchen

τριχοειδή αγγεία νεφρών

glomèrul renal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs/

Etymology

From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".