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glomerulus
SYLLABICATION: glo·mer·u·lus
PRONUNCIATION: gl-mry-ls
NOUN: Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY: New Latin, diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer-, ball.
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TEd Remington 02/29/2004 9:22 PM Re: glom?
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