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The number of glomeruli in all or part of a kidney. Glomeruli are the tufts of capillaries each situated within a Bowman's capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filter waste products from the blood and thus initiate urine formation.
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glomeruli count; glomeruli number; glomerulus number