glomerulus

n. 小球, 肾小球, 血管小球 [医] 肾小球, 小球

发音

US /ɡləˈmɛɹ.jəl.əs/

词形变化

glomeruli 复数 glomeruli

别名

glom glomerulum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine

    肾小球

    医学
  2. 2.

    A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type.

    医学
  3. 3.

    Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

capillary

整体词 3

Malpighian body Malpighian corpuscle renal corpuscle

词源

From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".

来源：wiktionary