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Glomerulus Common

Glomerulus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation

2

A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine

See Also
glomerulonephrosis glomerulous glomerulotubular glomerulogenesis glomeruloid mesangium dendrite uniglomerular
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
capillary
Rhyming Words
plus ulus hilus zelus pilus talus polus dolus zulus solus milus malus tolus palus bolus obelus bellus cyclus pullus mullus
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