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Glomerulus

//ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
  2. 2
    a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation wordnet
  3. 3
    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.
  4. 4
    Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

Etymology

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

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