| 释义 |
aglomerular, a. Ichthyol.|eɪglɒˈmɛrələ(r)|
[f. a- 14 + glomerular a.]
Of a kidney: lacking glomeruli, as in some fish. Of a fish: having such kidneys.
1928Amer. Jrnl. Anat. XLII. 76 Three families said to include genera possessing aglomerular mesonephroi were reinvestigated. 1942Lancet 3 Oct. 396/1 Renin can be obtained from the glomerular kidney of the carp and dogfish but not from the aglomerular kidney of the midshipman fish. 1959W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. xi. 439 The aglomerular condition of the kidney reduces greatly the loss of water but in itself does not wholly solve the problem of osmotic regulation for bony fishes in a marine environment. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. V. 140/2 The aglomerular fishes represent a successful group of animals, being numerous and widely distributed. 1974Nature 9 Aug. 461/1 In the absence of a glomerulus the flow of water is sustained by secretion in the upper region of the tubule, as in the aglomerular kidneys of some fishes, and not by pressure of the blood. |