Synonyms & related words for glomerulus

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of glomerulus. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to glomerulus

Explore words related to glomerulus — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include glomeruli, glomerular, nephron, glomerule, tubule, microvasculature, arteriole, renovascular. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does glomerulus come from?

The word glomerulus breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: glomer, from Latin glomus (“ball, cluster”); and -ulus, from Latin ulus (“little, diminutive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.