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glomerule
glom·er·ule G0154800 (glŏm′ə-ro͞ol′, glŏm′yə-)n.1. Botany A dense compact cluster of flowers.2. Anatomy A glomerulus.
[New Latin glomerulus; see glomerulus.]
glo·mer′u·late (glō-mĕr′yə-lĭt) adj.glomerule (ˈɡlɒməˌruːl) n1. (Botany) a cymose inflorescence in the form of a ball-like cluster of flowers2. (Botany) a ball-like cluster of spores[C18: from New Latin glomerulus] glomerulate adjglom•er•ule (ˈglɒm əˌrul)
n. a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster. [1785–95; < New Latin glomerulus glomerulus] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | glomerule - a compacted or sessile cymecyme - more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first |
Glomerule
Glomerule a headlike inflorescence, developing basipe-tally, in which all of the flowers are tightly packed. glomerule
glo·mer·u·lus, pl. glo·mer·u·li (glō-mer'yū-lŭs, -ū-lī), 1. A plexus of capillaries. 2. A tuft formed of capillary loops at the beginning of each nephric tubule in the kidney; this tuft, with its capsule constitutes the corpusculum renis (renal corpuscle). Synonym(s): malpighian glomerulus, malpighian tuft3. The twisted secretory portion of a sweat gland. 4. A cluster of dendritic ramifications and axon terminals forming a complex synaptic relationship and surrounded by a glial sheath. Synonym(s): glomerule [Mod. L. dim. of L. glomus, a ball of yarn] glomerule (glŏm′ə-ro͞ol′, glŏm′yə-)n.1. Botany A dense compact cluster of flowers.2. Anatomy A glomerulus.
glo·mer′u·late (glō-mĕr′yə-lĭt) adj.glo·mer·u·lus, pl. glomeruli (glō-meryū-lŭs, -lī) 1. A plexus of capillaries. 2. A tuft formed of capillary loops at the beginning of each nephric tubule in the kidney; this tuft with its capsule constitutes the renal corpusculum (malpighian body). 3. The twisted secretory portion of a sweat gland. 4. A cluster of dendritic ramifications and axon terminals forming a complex synaptic relationship and surrounded by a glial sheath.
Synonym(s): Bowman capsule, glomerule. [Mod. L. dim. of L. glomus, a ball of yarn]glo·mer·u·lus, pl. glomeruli (glō-meryū-lŭs, -lī) 1. A plexus of capillaries. 2. A tuft formed of capillary loops at the beginning of each nephric tubule in the kidney. 3. The twisted secretory portion of a sweat gland.
Synonym(s): Bowman capsule. [Mod. L. dim. of L. glomus, a ball of yarn]glomerule
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