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glomerulus

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Noun
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glo=mer=u=lus

CIDE DICTIONARY

glomerulusn. [NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d Glome.].
     The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

glomerulus, n. (pl. glomeruli) a cluster of small organisms, tissues, or blood vessels, esp. of the capillaries of the kidney.

Derivative
glomerular adj.
Etymology
mod.L, dimin. of L glomus -eris ball

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