Etymology

glomerulo-

Today it means: glomerulus Full definition →

New Latin glomerulus
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromglomerulus
  2. English todayglomerulo-

From glomerulus, from New Latin glomerulus, from glomus (“ball-shaped mass”) (stem glomer-) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, glomerul- + -o-.

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