| 释义 |
glo·mer·u·lus
\-_ləs\ noun
(plural glomeru·li \-ˌlī, -ˌlē\)
Etymology: New Latin, glomerulus, glomerule, from Latin glomer-, glomus ball + New Latin -ulus
: a small convoluted or intertwined mass (as of organisms, nerve fibers, or capillaries): as
a. : a tuft of capillaries that is covered by epithelium, is situated at the point of origin of each vertebrate nephron, and normally passes a protein-free filtrate from the blood into the proximal convoluted tubule
b. : the convoluted secretory part of a sweat gland
c. : a dense entanglement of nerve fibers situated in the olfactory bulb and containing the primary synapses of the olfactory pathway
d. : a compact body of terminal fibers of neurons within an insect nerve center |