GLOMERULUS (glomeruli)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: glomeruli   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glomerulus mean? 

• GLOMERULUS (noun)
  The noun GLOMERULUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GLOMERULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOMERULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("glomerulus" is a kind of...):

capillary; capillary vessel (any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules)

Holonyms ("glomerulus" is a part of...):

malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle; renal corpuscle (the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron)

Derivation:

glomerular (of or relating to glomeruli)

 Context examples 

A morphologic finding indicating enlargement of the glomeruli in a kidney specimen.

(Glomerular Hypertrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

A renal disorder characterized by damage in the glomeruli.

(Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Glomerular disease characterized by an inflammatory reaction, with leukocyte infiltration and cellular proliferation of the glomeruli, or that appears to be the result of immune glomerular injury.

(Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A finding indicating the presence of protrusions or extensions in the basement membrane of the glomeruli.

(Glomerular Basement Membrane Spikes Present, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of wrinkles in the basement membrane of the glomeruli.

(Glomerular Basement Membrane Wrinkling, NCI Thesaurus)

The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and the attached tubule.

(Nephron, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It helps to support the capillary loops in the glomerulus.

(Mesangium, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or interstitial renal tissue.

(Nephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Mannitol is freely filtered by the glomerulus and poorly reabsorbed from the renal tubule, thereby causing an increase in osmolarity of the glomerular filtrate.

(Mannitol, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease of the glomerulus manifested clinically by proteinuria, and sometimes by other features of the nephrotic syndrome.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)