English
glomerulus
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen.
The story
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".
Today it means
noun A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “glomerulus”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / glomerulus