— glomerular , adj.
/gloh mer"yeuh leuhs, gleuh-/ , n. , pl. glomeruli /-luy'/ . Anat.
1. a compact cluster of capillaries.
2. Also called Malpighian tuft . a tuft of convoluted capillaries in the nephron of a kidney, functioning to remove certain substances from the blood before it flows into the convoluted tubule. Cf. Bowman's capsule, Malpighian corpuscle .
[ 1855-60; glomer- (s. of glomus ) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ULE ]