Organ or Tissue Function
glomerular filtration
glomerular fil·tra·tion
Definitions related to glomerular filtration:
  • Movement and filtering of the plasma-like glomerular filtrate through the glomerular capillaries into the renal tubules.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The process in which plasma is filtered through the glomerular membrane which consists of capillary endothelial cells, the basement membrane, and epithelial cells. The glomerular filtrate is the same as plasma except it has no significant amount of protein.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
Try this search on: Farlex, Merriam-Webster, Oxford Dictionary, or Wordnik

This content should not be used in place of medically-reviewed decision support reference material or professional medical advice. Some terms may have alternate or updated definitions not reflected in this set. The definitions on this page should not be considered complete or up to date.