renal corpuscle
English
Noun
renal corpuscle (plural renal corpuscles)
- (anatomy) the 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
Translations
blood-filtering structure
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