glomerular capsule

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   thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron

   SynonymsBowman's capsulecapsula glomeruli

   Broadermembrane

   Part ofmalpighian body

Questions about glomerular capsule

What does glomerular capsule mean?

glomerular capsule means "thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron".

What is another word for glomerular capsule?

Close synonyms include Bowman's 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 glomerular capsule a common word?

glomerular 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.