glomus

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glomus.

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Noun

glomus (plural glomera)

  1. A fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.
  2. A highly organized vessel that connects an artery and a vein (bypassing capillaries) in an extremity such as a finger, toe, or ear or in another organ that is not part of the body's core. The glomus regulates the flow of blood, controlling temperature in order to conserve heat in the organ and, indirectly, controls the blood pressure and other functions of the circulatory system.
    • 2001 April 20, Hao Zhu, H. Franklin Bunn, “SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION: How Do Cells Sense Oxygen?”, in Science‎, volume 292, number 5516, →DOI, pages 449–451:
      The up-regulation of this enzyme in glomus cells of the carotid body in the neck enables the hypoxic animal to achieve a sustained increase in ventilation.

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin globus, glaeba, Sanskrit ग्लुन्थ (gluntha, “lump”), and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Noun

glomus n (genitive glomeris); third declension

  1. ball-shaped mass
  2. ball of thread, yarn

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glomus glomera
Genitive glomeris glomerum
Dative glomerī glomeribus
Accusative glomus glomera
Ablative glomere glomeribus
Vocative glomus glomera

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Further reading

  • “glomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “glomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • glomus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • glomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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