Bowman's capsule
[boh-muh nz]
noun Anatomy.
a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.
Compare Malpighian corpuscle.
Origin of Bowman's capsule
1880–85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon
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