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noun
A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: capillary, capillary vessel
History
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".
Across languages
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