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glomerular

glomerular

1 9.0
Of the tiny parts of the kidney that filter blood
  • adjective
  • /ɡloʊˈmɜr.jə.lər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : glomerular
  • Our study, which had sufficient statistical power to detect a small change in glomerular filtration rate, found that the peak serum creatinine concentration was similar in the dopamine and placebo groups.
  • glomerular filtration
  • glomerular filtration rate

And once the glomerular filtration rate falls below a certain level, you have to be very careful with how you live your life.

Examples

  • Declining numbers of nephrons result in decreased filtration and glomerular filtration rate (GFR).

    Academic text (2012)
  • Kidney biopsy shows linear deposition of immunoglobulin and complement in the glomerular basement membrane.

  • So here what we have is we have protein in the glomerular capillary.

  • And once the glomerular filtration rate falls below a certain level, you have to be very careful with how you live your life.

  • And what that allows the individual nephron to do is to adjust what's the pressure inside its glomerular capillaries.

  • The protein is highly expressed in the kidney and plays a major part in the regulation of glomerular C3 activation.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Lithium treatment can also lead to a reduction in the glomerular filtration rate, although in the majority of patients this effect is considered to be benign.

    Academic text (2012)
  • After the establishment of steady state, urine and blood samples were collected for measurements of glomerular filtration rate (GFR).

    Academic text (2018)
  • Low-dose dopamine is commonly given to patients judged to be at risk of renal failure to increase renal blood flow and preserve glomerular filtration rate, because it has these effects when infused intravenously in healthy volunteers.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The glomerular filtration rate measures how well the kidneys filter blood to produce urine.

Compounds

glomerular capsule
  • Specialized
8.1

A thin two-layer wall around a small knot of blood vessels in the kidney that starts filtering blood

Surface Forms

glomerular positive

Morphology

glomerular = glomerulus (transparent) = glomerulus + ar

Formed by the noun 'glomerulus' plus the adjectival suffix '-ar' meaning 'relating to', so the relation is directly derived.

Etymology

The word glomerular comes from the root glomer- and the Latin word glomus, which means 'ball' or 'cluster'. So glomerular describes the tiny ball-like groups in the kidney that filter blood to make urine.