glomus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin glomus (“ball-shaped mass”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡloʊməs/ === Noun === glomus (plural glomera) A fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== glomus cell glomus tumor ==== Related terms ==== glomic glomus caroticum glomus carotideum glomus choroideum glomus coccygeum === Anagrams === moguls == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”), but the morphology is unclear; more information at globus and glaeba. Formal difficulties notwithstanding, apparently cognate with Sanskrit ग्लुन्थ (gluntha, “lump”), Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”) and Proto-West Germanic *klott (“clod, lump, ball”) if this etymology is correct. === Noun === glomus n (genitive glomeris); third declension ball-shaped mass ball of thread, yarn ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== globus ==== Descendants ==== === References === Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “glŏmus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 283 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “glŏmus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 163 === 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, 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.