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glomerulus
CIDE DICTIONARY
glomerulus, n. [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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