glomerulus
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glomerulus
- /ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs/ US
Where it comes from
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".
noun glomeruli
- A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
- 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.
- Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things
