Having the structure or form of a glomerulus; arranged in a dense cluster or compact ball shape.
From glomerulus plus -ate suffix, meaning 'having the nature or form of.' Primarily a botanical and anatomical term.
The structure of a glomerulus—with a capillary ball surrounded by a filtering membrane—is so efficient that nature copied this design in industrial water filtration systems, showing how biology inspires engineering.
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