BOWMAN'S CAPSULE


Meaning of BOWMAN'S CAPSULE in English

/boh"meuhnz/ , Anat.

a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron. Cf. Malpighian corpuscle .

[ 1880-85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816-92), English surgeon ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .