Meanings
plural renal corpuscles
- anatomythe blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.
Synonyms: kidney corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle, Malpighian body
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan corpuscle renal
- corpuscle renalblood-filtering structure
Finnish munuaiskeränen
- munuaiskeränenblood-filtering structure
Spanish corpúsculo renal
- corpúsculo renalblood-filtering structure
Cite this entry
renal corpuscle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renal%20corpuscle
“renal corpuscle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renal%20corpuscle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renal corpuscle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renal%20corpuscle.
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