glomerulus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glomerulus /glɒˈmɛr(j)ʊləs/

▶noun (pl. glomeruli /-lʌɪ, -liː/) Anatomy & Biology a cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, especially of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule.

– derivatives
glomerular adjective.

– origin C19: mod. L., dimin. of L. glomus, glomer- ‘ball of thread’.

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