any cluster or structure of blood vessels or nerves; esp., any of the tiny clusters of capillaries in the kidney which act as filters, initiating the formation of urine
A small cluster or mass of blood vessels or nerve fibers.
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.
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Origin: New Latin
Origin: , diminutive of Latin glomus, glomer-, ball