Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0665 short lesson, about 20 seconds
glomerul/o: Glomerulus
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The idea
The combining form glomerul slash o names a glomerulus, one of the filtering units within the kidney.
In practice
Glomerulonephritis is inflammation of the glomeruli and kidney.
Where people slip
One glomerulus; several glomeruli, following the us to i plural rule.
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