| glom | (v) seize upon or latch onto something, Example: The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater |
| glomerular | (adj) of or relating to glomeruli |
| glomerule | (n) a compacted or sessile cyme |
| glomerulonephritis | (n) nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema |
| glomerulus | (n) a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation |
| Glome | |
| Glome | n. Gloom. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glome | n. [ L. glomus a ball. Cf. Globe. ] (Anat.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glomerate | v. t. & i. |
| Glomerate | a. [ L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome. ] Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glomeration | n. [ L. glomeratio. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glomerous | a. [ L. glomerosus, fr. glomus. See 3d Glome. ] Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glomerule | n. [ Dim. fr. L. glomus ball. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glomerulus | ‖n.; |
| Glomuliferous | a. [ L. glomus a ball + -ferous. ] (Biol.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences. M. C. Cooke. |
| glomm | smoldered [Add to Longdo] |