What does bowman's capsule mean?

bowman's capsule means "thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron".

What is another word for bowman's capsule?

Close synonyms include glomerular capsule, capsula glomeruli. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bowman's capsule a common word?

bowman's capsule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

bowman's capsule — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
Synonymsglomerular capsule capsula glomeruli
Broadermembrane
Part ofmalpighian body

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What does bowman's capsule mean?: bowman's capsule means "thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron".
What is another word for bowman's capsule?

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