glomerulus

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glomerulus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glomerulus \Glo*mer"u*lus\, n.; pl. Glomeruli. [NL., dim. of
     L. glomus. See 3d Glome.] (Anat.)
     The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian
     capsule of the kidney.
     [1913 Webster]

glomerulus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glomerulus
      n 1: a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian
           body; it filters the blood during urine formation