glomerulus
pronunciation
How to pronounce glomerulus in British English:
UK [gləʊ'meərjʊləs]
How to pronounce glomerulus in American English:
US [gloʊ'merjʊləs]
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- Noun:
- a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; glomeruli filter blood during urine formation
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Each nephron contains a tuft of capillary blood vessels ( glomerulus ) and tiny tubules that lead to larger collecting tubes .
- 2. To observe the therapeutic effect on glomerulus albuminuria treated by yishen fluid .
- 3. Mechanism of invigorate the kidney capsules to prevent and cure high glomerulus hemodynamics impairment .
- 4. This immunofluorescence micrograph of a glomerulus demonstrates positivity with antibody to fibrinogen .
- 5. Since all the conjugated bilirubin is made into urobilinogen ( and the unconjugated bilirubin cannot cross the glomerulus ) , bilirubin is negative on the stix .