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glo·mer·u·lus

npl  -li   :  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 to the surrounding Bowman's capsule - see RENAL CORPUSCLE   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 .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  glo·mer·u·lo·sa 

 
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