名詞 glomerulus:

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

glo.mer.u.lus

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 glo.mer.u.li[-lo.] 【解剖學(xué)】
A small cluster or mass of blood vessels or nerve fibers.
小球：一小簇或團(tuán)毛細(xì)血管組織或神經(jīng)纖維
A tuft of capillaries situated within a Bowman`s capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filters waste products from the blood and thus initiates urine formation.
血管小球：一簇毛細(xì)血管組織，位于每個(gè)脊椎動(dòng)物腎單位的原發(fā)點(diǎn)，從血液中濾去廢物，導(dǎo)入腎小管內(nèi)

來(lái)源：
New Latin
現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ)
diminutive of Latin glomus glomer- [ball]
拉丁語(yǔ) glomus的小后綴 glomer- [球]