glomerulus
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1. a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation (noun.body)
hypernym | : | capillary, capillary vessel, |
definition | : | any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle, |
definition | : | the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron (noun.body) |
derivation | : | glomerular, |
definition | : | of or relating to glomeruli (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | glomerular, |
definition | : | of or relating to glomeruli (adj.pert) |
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