CONVOLUTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convoluted mean? 

• CONVOLUTED (adjective)
  The adjective CONVOLUTED has 2 senses:

1. rolled longitudinally upon itself

2. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

  Familiarity information: CONVOLUTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVOLUTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rolled longitudinally upon itself

Synonyms:

convolute; convoluted

Context example:

a convolute petal

Similar:

coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Synonyms:

Byzantine; convoluted; involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous

Context example:

tortuous negotiations lasting for months

Similar:

complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by deficient reabsorption of electrolytes in the distal convoluted tubules of the kidneys.

(Gitelman Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Also, this agent prevents reabsorption of bicarbonate and sodium in the proximal convoluted tubule thereby producing a mild diuresis.

(Ethoxzolamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue.

(Glomerulus, NCI Thesaurus)

A nephron in which the renal corpuscle is in close proximity to the renal medulla while the proximal convoluted tubule and loop of Henle are located much deeper in the kidney.

(Juxtamedullary Nephron, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to the thiazides, metolazone acts on the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and inhibits the sodium-chloride symporter, thereby preventing sodium and chloride reabsorption and excretion of water.

(Metolazone, NCI Thesaurus)

This unusually large variation in brightness means that the object is highly elongated: about ten times as long as it is wide, with a complex, convoluted shape.

(ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before, ESO)

A convoluted tube connecting the efferent ductules of the testicle to the vas deferens.

(Duct of the Epididymis, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorazanil appears to prevent the absorption of sodium and chloride in the distal convoluted tubule.

(Chlorazanil, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorthalidone directly inhibits sodium and chloride reabsorption on the luminal membrane of the early segment in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) in the kidney.

(Chlorthalidone, NCI Thesaurus)

The final section of a renal tubule in the nephron between the distal convoluted tubule and the ureter comprising of principal and intercalated cells.

(Collecting Tube, NCI Thesaurus)