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单词 glomerulus
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Definition of glomerulus in English:

glomerulus

nounPlural glomeruliɡlɒˈmɛr(j)ʊləsɡləˈmeryələs
Anatomy Biology
  • A cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, especially a cluster of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule.

    〔剖,生〕小球;神经纤维球;血管小球;尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In cases of severe intravascular hemolysis, the binding capacity of haptoglobin is exceeded rapidly, and free hemoglobin is filtered by the glomeruli.
    • The glomerulus filters the blood and the waste products are removed.
    • Pressure of blood in the glomerulus causes fluid to filter into Bowman's capsule.
    • Men's kidneys have larger glomeruli than women's and they have a greater glomerular volume.
    • IgA Nepropathy progressively ruins the kidneys' filtering units, called glomeruli.
    • In the kidney, the glomeruli show thickened capillary walls and endothelial swelling.
    • The glomeruli are tiny blood vessels within your kidneys that filter fluid, waste and other substances from your blood.
    • Glucose normally is filtered by the glomerulus, but it is almost completely reabsorbed in the proximal tubule.
    • The capillaries of glomeruli with cellular crescents were collapsed and showed few or no inflammatory cells.
    • Your kidneys filter waste and sodium using tiny filters called glomeruli.
    • The neoplastic cells surrounded glomeruli and invaded renal tubules forming lymphoepithelial lesions.
    • Fairly well differentiated renal tissue with embryonic glomeruli and tubules.

Derivatives

  • glomerular

  • adjective ɡlɒˈmɛr(j)ʊləɡləˈmɛr(j)ələr
    Biology Anatomy
    • Relating to a cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, especially around the end of a kidney tubule.

      〔剖,生〕小球;神经纤维球;血管小球;尤指

      the permeability of the glomerular capillary wall
      Example sentencesExamples
      • inflammatory glomerular renal disease
      • By light microscopy, glomeruli showed glomerular basement membrane thickening.
      • Jones silver stains highlighted the basement membrane spikes in some, but not all, glomerular capillaries.
      • This force drives plasma from the glomerular capillaries into the nephrons.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer- 'ball of thread'.

Definition of glomerulus in US English:

glomerulus

nounɡləˈmeryələs
Anatomy Biology
  • A cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, in particular a cluster of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule, where waste products are filtered from the blood.

    肾小球

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pressure of blood in the glomerulus causes fluid to filter into Bowman's capsule.
    • IgA Nepropathy progressively ruins the kidneys' filtering units, called glomeruli.
    • The capillaries of glomeruli with cellular crescents were collapsed and showed few or no inflammatory cells.
    • In the kidney, the glomeruli show thickened capillary walls and endothelial swelling.
    • The glomerulus filters the blood and the waste products are removed.
    • Fairly well differentiated renal tissue with embryonic glomeruli and tubules.
    • In cases of severe intravascular hemolysis, the binding capacity of haptoglobin is exceeded rapidly, and free hemoglobin is filtered by the glomeruli.
    • The neoplastic cells surrounded glomeruli and invaded renal tubules forming lymphoepithelial lesions.
    • Men's kidneys have larger glomeruli than women's and they have a greater glomerular volume.
    • Your kidneys filter waste and sodium using tiny filters called glomeruli.
    • The glomeruli are tiny blood vessels within your kidneys that filter fluid, waste and other substances from your blood.
    • Glucose normally is filtered by the glomerulus, but it is almost completely reabsorbed in the proximal tubule.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer- ‘ball of thread’.

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