What does "glomerulus" mean?

A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine

What is a synonym for "glomerulus"?

Common synonyms include: ball, balloon, bladder, blob, boll, bolus.

Pronounced //ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs//.

//ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs// noun

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Noun

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

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

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