glomerulus
noun
a compact cluster of capillaries.
glomeruli
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pluralof glomerulus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It shows how much blood the glomeruli -- small vessels in the kidney tissue -- can filter per unit of time.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Health care workers typically assess how well someone’s kidneys work by starting with a blood test for the glomerular filtration rate, or G.F.R., an estimate of how much blood passes through the glomeruli every minute.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
Martin’s glomeruli filtration rate - GFR, the rate that kidneys filter blood - fell to 41 by November 2018.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 2019
The kidney has about 1 million glomeruli, and in each one, hundreds of podocytes bridge the gap between the bloodstream and the urinary system.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2018
The microscope shows small areas scattered throughout where the glomeruli are hyalinized, the stroma full of small round cells, the tubules dilated, and the cells are almost bare of protoplasm.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
