| 单词 | glomerulus |
| 释义 | glomerulus —glomerular, adj. /gloh mer"yeuh leuhs, gleuh-/, n. , pl. glomeruli /-luy'/. Anat. 1. a compact cluster of capillaries. 2. Also 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. [1855-60; < NL, equiv. to L glomer- (s. of glomus) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ULE] |
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