glomus
[ gloh-muhs ]
noun,plural glom·er·a [glom-er-uh], /ˈglɒm ər ə/, glo·mi [gloh-mahy]. /ˈgloʊ maɪ/. Anatomy.
a small globular body.
Origin of glomus
11830–40; <New Latin, Latin: ball-shaped mass
Words Nearby glomus
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How to use glomus in a sentence
In the case of the pronephros the glomeruli are as a rule fused together into a single glomus.
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