glomerulus
nounEtymology
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".
Definitions
A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the…
A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of…
A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type.
Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things
The neighborhood
- neighborglomerule
- neighborglomerulate
- neighborglomerulation
- neighborglomerulo-
- neighborglomerul-
- neighborconglomerate
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for glomerulus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA