Noun: glomus
| Singular | glomus |
| Plural | glomera |
Sample Sentences
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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. [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:]
Nouns inflected like glomus
morphogenus,
rostrolatus,
bigenus,
pseudogenus,
type genus,
form genus,
oogenus,
latus,
ulcus,
supergenus,
cloud genus,
glomus,
vulnus,
vellus,
viscus,
plurigenus,
ichnogenus,
nothogenus,
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin glomus (“ball-shaped mass”). See: Latin Nouns '
glomus'.