"glomerulus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: glomeruli [plural]
Etymology: From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|glomeruli}} glomerulus (plural glomeruli)
  1. (anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (small intertwined group of capillaries): 腎小球 (Chinese Mandarin), 肾小球 (shènxiǎoqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), hiussuonikeränen (Finnish), Nierenkörperchen [neuter] (German), glomerulo [masculine] (Italian), 糸球体 (shikyūtai) (Japanese), giloka mûlûleyan [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), کلافک (kalâfak) (Persian), glomérulo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-glomerulus-en-noun-0FDy1A2k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 31 35 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'small intertwined group of capillaries': 81 5 14
  2. (anatomy) 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-glomerulus-en-noun-fug1ay5s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 31 35 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things
    Sense id: en-glomerulus-en-noun-DK9RZP-f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 31 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: glomerule, glomerulate, glomerulation

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