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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glomerulus \Glo*mer"u*lus\, n.; pl. Glomeruli. [NL., dim. of
   L. glomus. See 3d Glome.] (Anat.)
   The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian
   capsule of the kidney.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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