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
Microscopically, it is seen that the tubules are atrophied, the Bowman's capsules are, as a rule, thickened, and the glomeruli are shrunken or have been replaced by fibrous tissue.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
