‖n.; pl.Glomeruli [ NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d Glome. ] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glomerulus \Glo*mer"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Glomeruli}. [NL., dim. of
L. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] (Anat.)
The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian
capsule of the kidney.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glomerulus
n 1: a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian
body; it filters the blood during urine formation
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