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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glo•mer•u•lus (glō mer′yə ləs, glə-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -li (-lī′).USA pronunciation [Anat.]- Anatomya compact cluster of capillaries.
- AnatomyAlso called Malpighian tuft. a tuft of convoluted capillaries in the nephron of a kidney, functioning to remove certain substances from the blood before it flows into the convoluted tubule. Cf. Bowman's capsule, Malpighian corpuscle.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Latin glomer- (stem of glomus) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ule
- 1855–60
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