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glomerule en · NOUN

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin glomus ball.

Meanings

1. A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
   • O. fragrantissima[…]Inflorescence of alternate sessile glomerules ½–¾ in. diam., each containing 8–12 nearly sessile heads[…] 1906, Thomas Frederick Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, Compositæ:
   • glomerules of the thallus 1891, Grevillea:
2. A glomerulus.
   • The function of the glomerule is to separate the superfluous water from the blood 1899, John Peter Schmitz, Human Physiology:
3. A globule of metal.

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Deriveds

glomerulation · glomerulomegaly