Usually means: Tiny blood-filtering units in kidneys.
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  1. glomeruli: Merriam-Webster
  2. glomeruli: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. glomeruli: Collins English Dictionary
  4. glomeruli: Vocabulary.com
  5. glomeruli: Wordnik
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  7. glomeruli: Dictionary.com
  8. Glomeruli: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Glomeruli: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Glomeruli: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. glomeruli: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. glomeruli: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. glomeruli: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glomeruli: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Glomeruli: Diabetes Dictionary
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  7. glomeruli: Medical dictionary
  8. Glomeruli: Drug Medical Dictionary
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(Note: See glomerulus as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (glomerulus)

noun:  (anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
noun:  (anatomy) A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type.
noun:  Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things
▸ Also see glomerulus


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