bowman's capsule

Bowman's capsule

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Definitions of bowman's capsule words

noun bowman's capsule a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron. 1
noun bowman's capsule (anatomy) A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney. 0

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

1880-85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816-92), English surgeon

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