From thediminutive of theLatinglomus (gen.glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".

• (US)IPA^(key): /ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs/

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glomerulus (pluralglomeruli)

1. (anatomy) A smallintertwined group ofcapillaries withinnephrons of thekidney thatfilter theblood to makeurine
2. (anatomy) A structure in theolfactory bulb central to olfactorysensory transduction, composed ofreceptor neuronaxons and mitral neurondendrites and organized byodor type.
3. Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

• glomerule
• glomerulate
• glomerulation

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