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Word: Glomerulus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer- ‘ball of thread’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡlɒˈmɛr(j)ʊləs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, especially a cluster of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule.
Short Definition:cluster of nerve endings
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